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Indian Cave Boulder Pictographs

Indian Cave Boulder Pictographs

Years ago, I went out in search of this hidden rock shelter full of pictographs. It is one of the most decorated rock shelters in Joshua Tree National Park. Pictographs, probably made by the Serranos, cover the walls and ceiling of the interior cave. It was difficult to photograph them
Guy Starbuck Jan 18, 2013
Surprise Rock Pictographs

Surprise Rock Pictographs

In early 2013, I was out hiking in the backcountry of the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park and came across this solitary boulder with petroglyphs and pictographs. They are inside of a concave, hollowed-out section of a large White Tank monzogranite boulder along what could have been
Guy Starbuck Jan 17, 2013
Mule Tank Petroglyphs

Mule Tank Petroglyphs

Mule Tank is a small, seasonal tinaja along the foothills of the Mule Mountains along the Colorado River. It is a long walk to any other source of water, so this catchment would have been an essential source of water in this vast and arid region. The petroglyphs themselves are
Guy Starbuck Jan 14, 2013
Morning Glory Mine (Alleghany)

Morning Glory Mine (Alleghany)

Guy Starbuck Jan 10, 2013
Yellow Plug Petroglyphs

Yellow Plug Petroglyphs

Guy Starbuck Jan 8, 2013
Greenwater Canyon Pictographs

Greenwater Canyon Pictographs

Dan, Niki, and Jamie (of Dzrtgrls fame), Alysia, my dad, and I went on a long and blistering hike in late April of 2006 to try to find a set of pictographs in Greenwater Canyon. They are not easy to find and require some searching across a few canyons by
Guy Starbuck Jan 8, 2013
Lone Grapevine Petroglyphs

Lone Grapevine Petroglyphs

Guy Starbuck Jan 7, 2013

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