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| This is is rock art from the Sego Canyon area. I bumped up the contrast to show the art more clearly (which is why the rock looks a little yellow). The plaque near this panel describes this rock art as follows: Some of the most spectacular examples or rock art in the Southwest are attributed to Archaic people. Archaic people were nomads, hunting large and small game animals, collecting and processing wild plants. They did not build permanent habitation structures, but lived in caves and in small brush shelters built in the open. They occupied this area from approximately 8000 years ago until the introduction of corn agriculture about 2000 years ago. This rock art, the Barrier Canyon Style, usually consists of larger than life size anthropomorphic (manlike) forms. The identifying characteristics of these figures is hollowed eyes or missing eyes, the frequent absence of arms and legs, and the presence of vertical body markings. This panel is characterized by at least 19 painted anthropomorphs with bug-eyes, antennae, earrings, snakes in hand, and leg-less torsos. The ghost-like images may represent shamanistic art associated with ritual activities of the Archaic people. (Or maybe the sci-fi movies are right, and aliens visited early man :-) |
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