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HORSE DECORATION IN ROCK ART – FEATHERS:
Biographic panel from Joliet, Montana. Keyser and Klassen, 2001, Plains Indian Rock Art, p. 237.On any important occasion a Native American wanted to be as memorable as possible. Part of the...
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A LOST BUT UNIQUE REPORTED ROCK ART SITE - COYOTE’S PENIS:
Coyote's Penis, Stein River Valley, British Columbia. York, 1993, They Write Their Dreams on the RocksForever, fig. 13, p. 8.On occasion rock art would be located in a place that lends meaning or power...
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ARCHITECTURE IN ROCK ART – TIPIS – Part 1:
In their records left on the rocks by Native Americans of their deeds and situations, we can look for clues to the environment that these feats were performed in. One common feature of the environment...
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A CHINESE INSCRIPTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA:
Field sketch by James Burton. York, Daley, and Arnett,They Write Their Dreams on the Rocks Forever, p. 66.When confronted with the claims of the epigraphy enthusiasts in rock art studies one of the...
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ARCHITECTURE IN ROCK ART, TIPIS - PART 2:
On November 30, 2013, I posted part one of this column on tipi portrayals in rock art. In that posting I talked about some examples found in southeastern Colorado rock art. In this second visit to the...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS 2013, FROM ROCKARTBLOG:
Yuletide Canyon, Santa Claus, New Mexico.Photograph Gary Cascio, 2012.Wishing you all a very merry Christmas, a happy New Year’s Eve, and all the best in 2014! Thank you for reading...
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THE 2013 C.R.A.P. AWARD:
Petroglyph identified as a picture of the Ark of theCovenant by Scott Wolter on America Unearthed.Near Puerco Ruin, Petrified Forest Nat. Park,AZ. Photograph: Peter Faris, June 1993.Announcing the...
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ROCK ART RECORDING OPPORTUNITIES IN WESTERN COLORADO:
Long-time friend, and Colorado Rock Art Association Board member, Carol Patterson has some possible rock art recording projects in Western Colorado for which she is seeking volunteers. If you think...
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CORONATTO – IS THIS AN AUTHENTIC RECORD OF CORONADO?
Possible Coronado inscription. McGlone, Barker,and Leonard, 1994, p. 74-1.Possible Coronado inscription. McGlone, Barker,and Leonard, 1994, p. 74-1.In the western Oklahoma panhandle this inscription...
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ROCK ART SYMBOLS FROM HORSE PAINTING:
Of the many symbols found in rock art inscriptions it would indeed be strange if none of them were found in other contexts of Native American art.Hicklin Springs, 5BN7, Bent County,...
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WHERE BARRY FELL – PURGATORY CANYON, COLORADO:
Purgatory Canyon, south of the bear, Bent County,CO., Photograph: Peter Faris, June 1991.I had actually thought that I was probably through with Barry Fell but I ran into another couple of examples of...
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PYRAMID LAKE PETROGLYPHS MAY BE OLDEST IN NORTH AMERICA:
Winnemuca Lake petroglyphs. Photograph: Larry Benson.A recent scientific investigation of petroglyph boulders on the west side of the Winnemucca Lake basin in Nevada has yielded hard dates on the age...
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DIGHTON ROCK - NORTH AMERICA’S OLDEST ROCK ART REPORT?
Dighton Rock at mid-tide, in its original location.http://www.dightonrock.com/dightonrockitsmusuemanditspark.htmWhen was the first report of a rock art inscription filed? Well, the first one to be...
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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
Near Craig, Colorado. Photograph: Peter Faris, 2007.You know how sometimes you see a rock art panel, or image, or something that you do not understand, but just cannot get out of your mind? One of mine...
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DIGHTON ROCK - THE FIRST ROCK ART PHOTO IN NORTH AMERICA:
Seth Eastman on Dighton Rock, daguerreotype, 1853.On February 1, 2014, I posted a column entitled "Dighton Rock - North America's Oldest Rock Art Report" about how this petroglyph boulder is the first...
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ROCK ART AND FOSSILS – FATE BELL SHELTER, A SPECIAL PLACE:
Pictographs, Fate Bell Shelter, Val Verde County, Texas. Photograph: Peter Faris, 2004.In 2004, we had the privilege to tour rock art of Val Verde County, Texas, with Teresa Weedin and a group from the...
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ARMORED HORSE PETROGLYPHS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO REVISITED:
Armored horse, Farrington Springs, Colorado.Photograph: Peter Faris, May 2002.Drawing of armored horse, Farrington Springs, Colorado.On August 20, 2009, I posted a column entitled Armored Horse...
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ENTOPTIC PHENOMENA IN ROCK ART – FLOATERS:
Picketwire Canyonlands, south of La Junta, Colorado.Photo: Peter Faris, January, 1995.Proponents of the Neuropsychological Model of rock art interpretation attribute much of the “abstract” imagery in...
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ACCURACY IN RECORDING DETAILS IN ROCK ART
Reindeer in Lascaux.It has long been held that in prehistoric rock art there is no “art for art’s sake,” meaning that art was created for a reason other than purely decorative or aesthetic. Whether or...
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JOSE PENA INSCRIPTION – CANYON DE CHELLY, ARIZONA:
Peña inscription, Campbell Grant, Canyon de Chelly,Its People and Rock Art, 1978, Fig. 2.59, p. 119.The fascinating thing about historic inscriptions (and prehistoric inscriptions too) is that they...
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