Travelogue NE AZ

NE Arizona

TRAVELOGUE - ROCK ART TOUR

NORTH EAST ARIZONA

STARTED NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Although we went to Flagstaff with the primary objective of a social agenda, we did find time to review a couple of Rock Art sites.

Willow Springs Petroglyphs

Willow Springs, close to Tuba City, AZ, was the subject of the 2007 Spring Field Trip for Dixie Archaeology Society. The site has a preponderance of Clan Symbols. Unfortunately, the site has been damaged by reportedly, the local population.

Wupatki National Park

Although Rock Art was not found, we did have the opportunity to photograph some ruins without people running all over the place. Sometimes, we are thankful for a small tour group.

Tranquility Point

This site contains a number of Flute Players. In addition it contains a number of graphic sex images. Reportedly, a local minister has repeatedly encouraged the local population to erase most of the sexually related images and this destruction to the older Rock Art is easily noticed. That’s very unfortunate, but at least the blame on destruction is not pointed toward site visitors like ourselves. There is not much information available on the Internet and so this site remains difficult to find. It’s very worthwhile with a lot of rocks positioned for photography of the petroglyphs and the sky as a background.

Upside Down Man

This site includes images of two upside down men as well as one properly normally positioned. Each of the three anthropomorphs has holes in the rock for eyes. It is impossible to determine if the image was designed around the holes or if the holes were placed after the image was designed and pecked. The Rock Art stretches for about 200’ along a ridge.

A short trip, but one which a Rock Art enthusiast would probably enjoy.

Specific location information will only be given for those sites with public information already available - either by a government agency, in a book, or previously appearing on a website. Specific location information will not be given on sites that are relatively unexplored or if the information is not already in the public domain. We do intend to cooperate with validated researchers who are interesting in sharing information.