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Title: petroglyphs
Post by walter on Sep 13^th, 2017 at 10:12pm

Some petroglyphs in a small cave along side of a creek in central az.

resizing :-[

Title: Re: petroglyphs
Post by walter on Sep 13^th, 2017 at 10:25pm

hope this works

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Title: Re: petroglyphs
Post by walter on Sep 13^th, 2017 at 10:27pm

I traced these

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Post by walter on Sep 13^th, 2017 at 10:31pm

Holes carved into the over hang floor

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Post by kicktheotter on Sep 14^th, 2017 at 2:16am

That's awesome. I love cave paintings and petroglyphs. It gives you such a tangible connection to the past. Really shows you how human they were.

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Post by vetryan15 on Sep 14^th, 2017 at 6:29am

That is sweet, all I ever see is graffiti

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Post by Morphy on Sep 14^th, 2017 at 7:56am

Any idea what that first picture is showing? At first I thought maybe an archer? I can see what might look like a bottom limb but no top.

Also, are these well known petroglyphs or did you happen upon them accidentally?

Title: Re: petroglyphs
Post by walter on Sep 14^th, 2017 at 9:02am

I don't know, but think archer. The zigzag line is thought to mean long walk.

The area is known. Not well known. Was unknown to me. It's a ledgey area on both sides of a dry wash. There are also matates worn into the ledge.
No grifitti - yet.

Title: Re: petroglyphs
Post by Bill Skinner on Sep 15^th, 2017 at 12:28pm

Instead of an archer, that could also be a slinger. Left handed, In mid throw.

Any idea how old? The bow in N America is only about 3000 years old, maybe less.

Title: Re: petroglyphs
Post by walter on Sep 15^th, 2017 at 7:16pm

Bill, don't know exact dates, but probably before 1000 AD as there is a village about a half mile west that is believed to have been occupied from 1100 to 1200AD.

My pic of the matates suck, but you can tell it took a long time to wear away the granite.

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