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STONE CARVINGS PROVE THAT GOLF WAS INVENTED IN ANCIENT EGYPT:
Ancient Egyptian golfer with his caddy behindhim holding out his putter. Distinctivehooked pin in front of him marks the hole.The modern game of golf is known to have been played in some form or other...
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A PETROGLYPH OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE WITH A CORONAL MASS EJECTION:
Possible total solar eclipse with Coronal Mass Ejection.City of Albuquerque, Parks and Recreation Department.I have maintained in the past my conviction that many of our conventional signs for sun...
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GEORGIA O’KEEFFE OVERLOOK, ALONG RIO CHAMA, RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO:
Petroglyph boulder along Rio Chama, Rio Arriba County,New Mexico. Photograph Peter Faris, April 5, 2014.We just returned last Sunday from a weekend trip down to the “Land of Enchantment,” New Mexico....
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CRUCIBLE OF PUEBLOS – PART ONE: THE PROCESSION PANEL.
Procession panel, 42Sa24318, Wilshusen et al., Fig. 11.5.This posting began as a review of an interesting book by Richard H. Wilshusen, Gregson Schachner, and James R. Allison editors, titled Crucible...
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CRUCIBLE OF PUEBLOS – PART TWO: THE WATERFLOW PANEL
Waterflow procession panel, LA8970,Wilshusen et al, Fig. 11.6, p. 213.To continue with my review of Chapter 11 (pages 198 – 218) of Crucible of Pueblos: The Early Pueblo Period in the Northern...
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ABSTRACT OR INSECT?
No matter how certain you or I are of the identity of a particular rock art element it is inevitable that on some occasions we will disagree on it. Thus, in many instances people recording rock art...
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WHERE BARRY FELL – CASTLE GARDENS, WYOMING #2:
Castle Gardens, Fremont County, WY.Photograph Peter Faris, Sept. 1992.On September 14, 2013, I posted a column entitled Where Barry Fell – Castle Gardens, Wyoming, that discussed Fell’s discovery and...
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THE CHIMU TELEPHONE AND A FLIGHT OF FANCY/FANTASY:
Chauvet lions, from Dawn of Art, by Jean-Marie Chauvet,Eliette Brunel Deschamps, and Christian Hillaire.Picture yourself standing in front of a painted panel of lions, or a bear, in a Paleolithic...
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DINOSAURS IN ROCK ART? – THE BLACK DRAGON CANYON PTEROSAUR:
The (male?) pterosaur as imagined by evolution deniers.Black Dragon Canyon, UT. Courtesy Phil Senter, 2012, http://palaeo-electronica.org.To me one of the strangest sub-studies of the field of rock art...
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PARHELIA REVISITED – MORE ON SUN DOGS IN ROCK ART:
Sun sign with possible multiple parhelia. Three Rivers,New Mexico. Photograph: 1988, Jack and Esther Faris.On October 21, 2009, I posted a column which I entitled The Sun Paints His Cheeks – Sun Dogs....
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3-HORNED ANIMAL, WITH 7-TOED/FINGERED FOOT/HAND PRINT:
Photograph by Paul and Joy Foster,near Green River, Utah.In this picture taken by Paul and Joy Foster near Green River, Utah, we see a couple of interesting conundrums. First, in the lower center of...
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A DINOSAUR TRACK PETROGLYPH:
Chirotherium Track, Joseph City, NM. Printed in Mayor and Sarjeant, 2001.On February 9, 2011, I posted a column entitled Dinosaur Footprints and the Giant Lizard Petroglyphs at CubCreek, Dinosaur...
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DINOSAURS IN ROCK ART? – THE HAVASUPAI CANYON HADROSAUR:
Havasupai Canyon panel. Picturefrom www.6000years.org.One of the first, and still most popular, examples of dinosaurs in rock art that creationists and young-earthers point to is the Havasupai Canyon...
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HISTORIC INSCRIPTIONS AT EL MORRO, DON JUAN DE OÑATE – THE FIRST HISTORIC...
El Morro, Cibola County, NM. Photograph: Russ Finley.One site that has seen much history is El Morro rock in Cibola County, in western New Mexico. This large rock outcrop has a permanent pool of water...
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DINOSAURS IN ROCK ART? – THE NATURAL BRIDGES SAUROPOD:
Supposed sauropod dinosaur petroglyph in Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah. http://www.stupiddinosaurlies.org/utah-s-false-testimony-to-catastrophe. To return to the subject of whether or not...
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“FRATERNITY OF WAR, PLAINS INDIAN ROCK ART AT BEAR GULCH AND ATHERTON CANYON,...
Keyser, James D., David A. Kaiser, George Poetschat, andMichael W. Taylor, 2012, Fraternity of War, Plains IndianRock Art at Bear Gulch and Atherton Canyon, Montana,Oregon Archaeological Society Press...
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MORE EL MORRO ROCK INSCRIPTIONS – DIEGO DE VARGAS, 1692:
El Morro, Cibola County, New Mexico.The site of El Morro rock in Cibola County, in western New Mexico, has seen much history. This large rock outcrop has a permanent pool of water in that arid...
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SPLIT ROCK SITE, PICKETWIRE CANYONLANDS, COLORADO – A POSSIBLE...
Split Rock site, Picketwire Canyonlands, CO.Photograph: Peter Faris, 21 June, 1998.This photo represents a fascinating possibility, not any sort of certainty, but I put it out here for someone to look...
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DINOSAURS IN ROCK ART: NOT EVEN CLOSE! – A TRICERATOPS PETROGLYPH NEAR...
Dr. Don Patton pointing to the claimed petroglyphof a triceratops near Montrose, CO, in thisphotograph from www.bible.caAbsolutely amazing, isn’t it? This is another example of the extremities that the...
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PAINTED PEBBLES, VAL VERDE COUNTY, TX.
Painted pebbles (reproductions) on display,White Shaman, Val Verde County, TX.Photograph: Peter Faris, March 2004.Forms of rock art that are often considered portable include rock slabs, stones or...
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