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2014 CERTIFIABLE ROCK ART PREVARICATION (C.R.A.P.) AWARD:
After deep research and careful consideration, the coveted 2014 C.R.A.P. award goes to www.examiner.comfor seeing through the NASA cover-up and breaking the story of the discovery of rock art on Mars...
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THE STONE WOMAN OF CRATER LAKE:
"The Lady of the Woods/Stone Lady of CraterLake", Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.Photograph ca. 1999, by Steve Marks,National Park Service."The Lady of the Woods/Stone Lady of CraterLake", Crater...
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IS THERE A WOOLY RHINOCEROUS PETROGLYPH NEAR MOAB, UTAH?
Petroglyph, along the Colorado River, Moab,Utah. Photograph Mr. Kelly, Grand Junction,Colorado, pre-1925.On June 21, 2014, I posted a column titled DINOSAURS IN ROCK ART – THE HAVASUPAI CANYON...
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METEORITES IN ROCK ART – A POSSIBLE PORTRAYAL:
Head of Sinbad, Emery County, UT.Photograph Peter Faris, Aug. 1993.On May 6, 2009, I posted a column titled “WHEN THE STARS FELL” about the November 12-13, 1833, Leonid meteor storm. On January 18,...
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THE HERO TWINS IN ROCK ART:
War or Hero twins with sky themes and otherpetroglyphs. Galisteo Dike, New Mexico.Among the Ancestral Puebloan peoples two mythical beings that were of importance in their creation cycle, and early...
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AND CLOSER TO HOME:
Ute equestrian figure. West of Denver, CO.Photograph Peter Faris, September 22, 2005.Location of Ute equestrian figure. West of Denver,CO. Photograph Peter Faris, September 22, 2005.Field sketch of Ute...
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ROCK ART THEMES ON OTHER MEDIA - MOGOLLON BIGHORN SHEEP DESIGNS:
Bighorn maze, Three-Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico.Photograph: December 1988, Jack and Esther Faris.This intriguing petroglyph is from the great Three Rivers Petroglyph Site in New Mexico. More...
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STONE BLINDS AND DRIVELINES - ROLLINS PASS, CO:
Drive line, Rollins Pass, Grand County, CO.Photograph Peter Faris, 25 July 1987. Over the years I have discussed features that we classify as geoglyphs a few times. Under our western cultural...
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A BEGINNER’S MISTAKE – BIGFOOT MAN AT MCCONKIE RANCH:
http://adventr.co/201103/dry-fork-mcconkie-ranch.Among the marvelous Fremont culture rock art at McConkie Ranch outside Vernal, Utah is the figure known as Bigfoot Man. Done in what Polly Schaafsma...
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WHO MADE IT – ROCK ART BY BEGINNERS:
Westwater Creek, Grand County, Utah.Photograph Peter Faris, October 8, 2001.In considering who made the rock art we tend to avoid one inconvenient truth. No matter how beautiful some of our favorite...
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THE EARLIEST ART – HOMO ERECTUS ENGRAVED SHELL:
Mussel shell with scratch markings made by Homo erectus,Trinil Site, Solo River, Java, Indonesia. Photograph WimLustenhouwer, VU University Amsterdam. No matter what your particular interest is in the...
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EARLY ROCK ART RECORDS - THE PIASA MONSTER, ALTON, ILLINOIS:
Re-imagined Piasa painted on the cliff at Alton, IL. Public domain. One of the early records of rock art from North America was recorded by the French explorer Father Jacques Marquette during his...
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HOPI CLAN SYMBOLS AS A LEXICON FOR ROCK ART IN THE SOUTHWEST - THE SNAKE:
Naturalistic rattlesnake petroglyph, Brown's Park,Colorado. Photograph: Peter Faris 1987.Naturalistic serpent petroglyphs, Galisteo Dike,New Mexico. Photograph: Peter Faris, 1988.One aspect of viewing...
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ROCK ART OF EL MORRO, NEW MEXICO:
El Morro, Cibola County, NM.Photograph: Peter Faris, June 1993.I have formerly posted some columns on historic inscriptions found at Morro Rock, in Cibola County, New Mexico. This interesting site has...
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EXTINCT PREHISTORIC GIRAFFES PICTURED IN NINE-MILE CANYON, UTAH:
Mile-36, 9-Mile Canyon, Utah. Photograph:Peter Faris, August 1993. The arrows pointto the images in question #1 and #2.Petroglyphs of Aepycamelus, an extinct giraffe/camel relative have been...
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PLANTS IN ROCK ART - SPROUTING SEEDS?
Sprouting bean petroglyph? Petroglyph Park,Albuquerque, Bernal County, New Mexico.Photograph Peter Faris, Sept. 1988. There are petroglyphs on the West Mesa at Albuquerque, that some people identify...
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THE HOLLY OAK PENDANT - PALEOLITHIC ART, OR HOAX?
Negative image of the Holly Oak Pendant from the coverof Science Magazine, 21 May, 1976. Note, the mammothimage has been picked out from background details.It is easy to see the lack of feet.In this...
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DINOSAURS IN ROCK ART - PERU’S ICA STONES:
Ica stone of a man riding a triceratops. Wikipedia.Whenever the conversation on dinosaurs in rock art is brought up one will invariably hear about the Ica Stones from Peru.“The Ica stones are a...
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HISTORIC INSCRIPTIONS – KIT CARSON:
Kit Carson, 1840, inscription. Photo by Dell Crandall. In southeastern Colorado there are a couple of inscriptions on rock displaying the name of Kit Carson. Both of these are on private property and...
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INSCRIPTIONS AT MORRO ROCK - DON FÉLIX MARTÍNEZ
Don Feliz Martinez inscritption, El Morro, New Mexico. National Park Service photograph. One site that has seen much history is El Morro rock in Cibola County, in western New Mexico. This large rock...
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