The Hemet Maze Stone fence.
Tag: petroglyph
The Hemet Maze Stone fence.
At Signal Hill, Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
At Signal Hill, Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Kissing deer.
The logo for the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve has been adapted from a Hohokam-style glyph found at the site. I would like to see the FatChance avatar done in steel in the same manner someday.
Kissing deer.
The logo for the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve has been adapted from a Hohokam-style glyph found at the site. I would like to see the FatChance avatar done in steel in the same manner someday.
"I just wish I could loosen up like you.“
A cartoon by David Sipress for fellow petroglyph lovers. From the 12 January 2015 issue of The New Yorker.
"I just wish I could loosen up like you.“
A cartoon by David Sipress for fellow petroglyph lovers. From the 12 January 2015 issue of The New Yorker.
Antelope Heart
I’m posting a full-color version of a photo I previously posted in monochrome, because I’m excited by something I’ve just learned about it, and other petroglyphs at the V-Bar-V Ranch Heritage Site in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
I had assumed that the deep indentation in this and other glyphs at V-Bar-V were a product of vandalism. Scholars actually believe that these secondary marks, called cupules, were made by later Ancestral Puebloan visitors to the rock panels, who hoped to obtain power or spiritual virtue from the sacred images. The cupules are only seen on animal or human figures, and are typically excised near a vital area on the figure, usually corresponding to the placement of the heart. In context, what I had assumed was needless modern defacement is actually an expression of faith in the spiritual power that ancient people attributed to these images.
Antelope Heart
I’m posting a full-color version of a photo I previously posted in monochrome, because I’m excited by something I’ve just learned about it, and other petroglyphs at the V-Bar-V Ranch Heritage Site in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona.
I had assumed that the deep indentation in this and other glyphs at V-Bar-V were a product of vandalism. Scholars actually believe that these secondary marks, called cupules, were made by later Ancestral Puebloan visitors to the rock panels, who hoped to obtain power or spiritual virtue from the sacred images. The cupules are only seen on animal or human figures, and are typically excised near a vital area on the figure, usually corresponding to the placement of the heart. In context, what I had assumed was needless modern defacement is actually an expression of faith in the spiritual power that ancient people attributed to these images.
Dithyramb 