I am posting this image in this forum because I'm interested in the story being told by the 'artist(s)'. I wonder if it was one person, or several over time. What do the symbols tell the viewer?
If I have posted in the wrong forum, please advise and I will correct.
Catron County, New Mexico. Approximately 30 miles of bad road in from a 2-lane , between Fence Lake and Quemado. Between Highway 36 and Arizona.
The drawings are on the side that faces a semi-steep rocky incline. The back of the rock faces the plains, and appears as a normal boulder that fell. This rock is 1 of 2 parts. The parts appear as if they were a solid rock at one time. These ancient images seem to be directed toward the ridge.
My original perceptions was: 'a wall of ancient and current graffiti'. I imagined a hunter working on his arrowheads, while he kept a watchful eye on the plains. Maybe he used some of his time to etch some graffiti. Just as I'm dreaming ... my husband hands me an arrowhead. It appears incomplete or a failed attempt - see photo (is that affirmation??!!)
We didn't stay long at the site. In reviewing the pictures we took, I begin to see more than random symbols; more than ancient graffiti. Was this place a 'rest stop' of old? Is this rock a map? Do those swirls represent water? Or kivas? Are those feet? (Hang Ten!). Is that a person riding an animal? Is that a box canyon? Is that a ridge line? Are those deer hooves? Why does that look like a snake with antlers? Is that a mountain range? What are those circles? My imagination runs wild!
Do tell !!
If I have posted in the wrong forum, please advise and I will correct.
Catron County, New Mexico. Approximately 30 miles of bad road in from a 2-lane , between Fence Lake and Quemado. Between Highway 36 and Arizona.
The drawings are on the side that faces a semi-steep rocky incline. The back of the rock faces the plains, and appears as a normal boulder that fell. This rock is 1 of 2 parts. The parts appear as if they were a solid rock at one time. These ancient images seem to be directed toward the ridge.
My original perceptions was: 'a wall of ancient and current graffiti'. I imagined a hunter working on his arrowheads, while he kept a watchful eye on the plains. Maybe he used some of his time to etch some graffiti. Just as I'm dreaming ... my husband hands me an arrowhead. It appears incomplete or a failed attempt - see photo (is that affirmation??!!)
We didn't stay long at the site. In reviewing the pictures we took, I begin to see more than random symbols; more than ancient graffiti. Was this place a 'rest stop' of old? Is this rock a map? Do those swirls represent water? Or kivas? Are those feet? (Hang Ten!). Is that a person riding an animal? Is that a box canyon? Is that a ridge line? Are those deer hooves? Why does that look like a snake with antlers? Is that a mountain range? What are those circles? My imagination runs wild!
Do tell !!
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