Petroglyphs - Rock Art

 

Petroglyphs – Rock Art

Petroglyphs along the trail tell a story of the ancient people who lived in this area.  To us, they just look like primitive drawings.  We need archeologists to help us decipher what story they were telling – their own journal of their lives.  Petroglyphs were made by chiseling through the upper patina of the rocks.  Although nothing indicated which petroglyphs were from which period, the petroglyphs here dated from the Archaic Period and the Anasazi Period.  I referred to a book I had on what were called “rock art symbols” to try to determine what the ancient people may have been telling us…

 

 

Although these symbol don’t tell a “story” in terms that we understand – a linear telling of a story – it does seem to indicate important occurrences during the ancient people’s lives in this area.

Enjoy!