Argonaut20
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Just came back from a one nighter to the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site north of Tularosa, NM. There are 21,000+ pictures carved into the rock at this site, carved over a period estimated to be about 800 years. (600 AD -> 1400 AD.) The country is pretty flat, for the most part, both to the East and the West of the ridge containing the petroglyphs. At the foot of the ridge was a small archeological site inhabited from about 600 AD until about 1400 AD by a prehistoric people called the Jornada.
The trail along the ridge is pretty easy walking and the BLM campground is convenient. Further East is a Forest Service campground near a wilderness area.
An interesting historical tidbit is that the Three Rivers Ranch nearby was once owned by one Albert Fall, a politico who was caught up in the Teapot Dome scandal in the 1920's.
Wishful thinking or a picture of an actual kill?
Stylized birds here.
Likely this is a picture of a ceremonial mask.
Who knows what this is? It looks like some of the maps I used to get to find specific addresses, but I'm pretty sure that isn't it.
Summer time this area gets pretty hot and you can tell from the pictures that this is snake country in the summer. There is an amazing variety of petroglyphs here. No one knows what they mean. My guess is that most were done while folks were on the ridge looking across the plains for game animals. There are pictures of big horn sheep, deer, and other game animals as well as symbols and motifs that are beautifully done but not subject to interpretation.
The trail along the ridge is pretty easy walking and the BLM campground is convenient. Further East is a Forest Service campground near a wilderness area.
An interesting historical tidbit is that the Three Rivers Ranch nearby was once owned by one Albert Fall, a politico who was caught up in the Teapot Dome scandal in the 1920's.
Wishful thinking or a picture of an actual kill?
Stylized birds here.
Likely this is a picture of a ceremonial mask.
Who knows what this is? It looks like some of the maps I used to get to find specific addresses, but I'm pretty sure that isn't it.
Summer time this area gets pretty hot and you can tell from the pictures that this is snake country in the summer. There is an amazing variety of petroglyphs here. No one knows what they mean. My guess is that most were done while folks were on the ridge looking across the plains for game animals. There are pictures of big horn sheep, deer, and other game animals as well as symbols and motifs that are beautifully done but not subject to interpretation.