Carrizo Gorge Pictographs
Overlooking the rocky wash of the Carrizo Gorge, down in Anza Borrego State Park, sits a small rock shelter with a unique set of fascinating pictographs hidden inside.
The primarily black drawings are of anthropomorphs (human-like figures), suns, stars, nets, and other abstract designs. Some of the pictographs are
Cupule Cave
While on a trip with the late great Roger Mitchell, we stopped to visit a little boulder cave in the Mojave Desert. The cave is only a few feet long, but a large, flat granite boulder is in the center. Its surface is covered with cupules and edges polished smooth
Clamshell Petroglyphs
The Clamshell Petroglyphs are an easy-to-reach Anasazi site just outside of Fredonia, Arizona. These petroglyphs and pictographs are so old they are hard to see at all. Some interesting designs include some anthropomorphic figures, a water glyph, a six-toed footprint that could be a bear paw, and
Quail Point Petroglyphs
I met up with a few friends to explore a lesser-visited petroglyph site in Arizona. We didn’t know what we would find. We discovered Quail Point has hundreds of petroglyphs and was certainly worth the trip.
The petroglyphs here show influence from the Gila (Hohokam), Desert Western Archaic,
Marble Bath Pictographs
There is a place way out in the backcountry of Death Valley National Park called Marble Bath. Actually, it is two places.
Why there are two Marble Baths is a bit of a story. The real Marble Bath is a narrow marble canyon that contains some potholes (also called tinajas
Angel Canyon Ruin
Back in the summer of 2013, we took a quick trip to Utah. One of the places we visited was a small set of Anasazi ruins in two alcoves near Angel Canyon. It was an interesting hike to get out there. Some bushwhacking was involved.
The ruins turned out to