Julie & I made a quick trip out into Nevada. We had things to look for. The story and photos are posted on our blog and can be found here -
Nevada Ancient Rock Art - Nevada 2018
We hope you enjoy another adventure!
Posted 16 November 2018 - 05:05 AM
Julie & I made a quick trip out into Nevada. We had things to look for. The story and photos are posted on our blog and can be found here -
Nevada Ancient Rock Art - Nevada 2018
We hope you enjoy another adventure!
2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/
Posted 16 November 2018 - 01:22 PM
Posted 16 November 2018 - 03:19 PM
I am haunted by waters
Posted 16 November 2018 - 04:55 PM
Fantastic photos - especially like the basalt boulder shots and feral horses. Thanks for another great TR!!
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Posted 16 November 2018 - 05:52 PM
Again you guys bring back allot of memories of those back country places and the secrets they hold! One of the best parts of my BLM job/vocation was working in areas that probably no other "ark" had ever been in before and coming across some canyon rim or isolated pile of rocks or even a single rock or scatter of basalt flakes that told a story that we could only wonder or guess about today! Ah those were days and I am so glad I got to live them for so,long! Boy and do I have allot of horse stories -some told here! Thanks again!
Smoke
Edited by Smokecreek1, 16 November 2018 - 05:57 PM.
Posted 16 November 2018 - 11:31 PM
Hit the jackpot of rock art there. Though I see something other than an upside down man
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Posted 17 November 2018 - 12:17 AM
Thanks Ski.With so much rock art how many ancient people would have been in the area
and what happened to them?
This is one of the best rock art finds you have posted.
Frank
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Posted 17 November 2018 - 03:21 AM
Cool stuff. Thanks for the report.
Posted 17 November 2018 - 09:34 PM
Frank-you are asking the right questions but the answers are allot harder to answer. When I was in my first actual archaeology field class, the first thing they told us is to look at the site area and "picture it" in your mind as to how it looked in the past-not today-what the environment looked like at various times and what (if anything) would be left today to pick up and look at and what things were actually there to look at today! To illustrate this, they created a site by throwing a bunch of artifacts,rocks, bones and things (some in circles,some buried, some random ) around a juniper tree and telling us Okay, what happened here and letting us come up with what happened and when it happened, was it a one time event or was it several events-or maybe even none at all because it all took place naturally! Lots of possible answers and there in is the fun of tiring to figure out the "Who's, What's, Where,Whens and Hows" based on what you see, know and can surmise or guess.
Skis' rock art is probably in the .Great Basin or high desert some where, so that's a start and ,generally speaking, except around major food sources, population density was low when compared to say the California Central Valley or parts of the southwest. and was based on the small family unit because there was not enough "food" around to support large groups. What does the rock art look like-the same or different styles, were there breaks between styles or types thru time. There were very dramatic climate changes over time in the Basin-with long periods with no one there or at certain times there were major increases in populations as climate change or other things drove different groups thru the area. When you think that this type of process was going on for maybe 15-20,000 years or so ago, the numbers of people thru that area and who used those rock art sites, are pretty hard to estimate.
And we have not even started of thinking how, why and how often they were used and for how long! Sorry, guys Ski's TR seems to turned on my old archaeological thinking self, and I don't what to seem that I'm and old know-it-all and I am not trying to hi-jack Ski's great TR-so that said, best guess and based on what we know about the 4"W's" and 1" H", not that many people probably knew about or used that "exact " rock art over maybe the last couple of 1000 years or so! Best I can do for now, get me out in the desert sometime. Remember that "created ark site" story next time you find something interesting while out WTWing! Sorry again!
Smoke
Edited by Smokecreek1, 17 November 2018 - 10:18 PM.
Posted 17 November 2018 - 10:46 PM
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