Tuesday, December 1, 2015

December 2015 50% Off Sale for Ebooks or Visitor's Guides

For the month of December, take 50% off each Ebook ordered.
 
Enjoy the Visitor's Guide and then enjoy a trip to the site.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

A Guide to the Pahvant Valley or Devil's Kitchen Rock Art Site, Utah


Another great surprise, our third major site of the day.  After Paxson Shearing Corral, Round Tank, and The Great Stone Face, we now wanted to find Pahvant Valley or Devil’s Kitchen to finish the day.

We were on a circuitous route to Devil’s Kitchen and began to wonder if we would ever find the site.  Finally we passed a series of vertical cliffs (no Rock Art on these cliffs that we could find), but we suspected that we were close to the Pahvant Valley site.  In another mile or two, we found a parking area and a fence apparently installed by the BLM.  The three of us passed through the turnstyle and hiked up the hill where we found a very nice petroglyph site.   The hillside, particularly the top layer of rocks and rock cliffs had enough petroglyphs so that we felt very comfortable calling it a day after we reviewed this site. But if you go, don’t forget to visit the lower levels of rocks also.

We did not observe any man made damage.  There appears to be a lot of foot traffic to the site, but I will leave it to the reader to determine if they believe that considerable traffic inhibits damage, or if they feel the site should be rarely visited and kept secret (even though a lot of rarely visited sites suffer damage because scoundrels don’t feel they will be caught or interrupted).  This preservation debate will continue to eternity.

The Devil’s Kitchen images are probably  a mixture of Archaic and Fremont drawings, but that is the opinion of an amateur, and you might judge the origin of the images differently.   

Besides the many Archaic images, there are a couple of very interesting anthropomorphs that are probably infrequently visited and do not photograph well because of the material surface they are on, and the aging over time (wind, sun, probable animal rubbing, etc).

We produced an ebook on the site since we enjoyed the visit and felt that others might enjoy the experience also.

The Ebook is designed to provide information to:

A researcher, photographer, artist, or writer who wants to preview the site before a planned visitation to examine the Rock Art to be seen and determine that the site fits the Research Plan and Objectives.

A student of either Archaeology or Anthropology who has specific interest in Rock Art.

Interested advocates who want to review the book prior to visitation to make sure the Rock Art at the site will be interesting to them.

If time is of essence, as on a vacation or a weekend, the more interesting sites can be visited, saving the other sites until later when more time might be available.

The Rock Art advocate whose objective is to “see all the sites” can use the Ebook to allocate their time to the most interesting sites and to the most interesting areas of a particular site.

And finally, the visitor who does not photograph or who visited with a malfunctioning camera, can obtain a permanent record of the site for their use.

From my viewpoint, the Ebook serves as a personal recording (digital photo) of the site. This recording will likely outlast me and serves as a forum to discuss the site attributes with researchers, scholars, and interested Rock Art advocates who desire more information.

If you wish more information, review www.exploringrockart.com or contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

 

For more information on this site, please review www.exploringrockart.com or contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

A Guide to the Paxson Shearing Corral Rock Art Site, Utah


Quite a surprise.


When driving through the lava fields west of Fillmore, UT, one Saturday morning, the landscape views encouraged us to roll down the windows on the left side of the car even though the temperature was cool.  Quickly one of the participants in the adventure yelled STOP, which is a magical word for us.  The three of us (we visit sites in small groups believing that’s the best for preservation and continued enjoyment of the site by others) got out of the car, inspected the black rocks from a distance, then put on hiking shoes and gathered camera equipment. 

 
A very nice experience awaited.  Like many sites in central Utah, Paxson Shearing Corral contains a number of well preserved images, plus many more that are showing the degradation of sunlight, age, and wind.  We did not observe any man made damage.  There appears to be a lot of traffic to the site, but I will leave it to the reader to determine if they believe that a lot of traffic inhibits damage, or if they feel the site should be rarely visited and kept secret (although a lot of rarely visited sites suffer damage because scoundrels don’t feel they will be caught or interrupted).  This preservation debate will continue to eternity.

I suspect that the Paxson Shearing Corral images are a mixture of Archaic and Fremont drawings, but that is the opinion of an amateur, and you might judge the origin of the images differently.   

The most interesting feature of the site to me is that many multi-circular or concentric circle images are decorated with different designs – both internal to the circles and on the periphery.  This seems to be unique since we have not observed this when we visited other sites in the general area.

We produced an ebook on the site since we enjoyed the visit and felt that others might enjoy the experience also.

The Ebook is designed to provide information to:

A researcher, photographer, artist, or writer who wants to preview the site before a planned visitation to examine the Rock Art to be seen and determine that the site fits the Research Plan and Objectives.

A student of either Archaeology or Anthropology who has specific interest in Rock Art.

Interested advocates who want to review the book prior to visitation to make sure the Rock Art at the site will be interesting to them.

If time is of essence, as on a vacation or a weekend, the more interesting sites can be visited, saving the other sites until later when more time might be available.

The Rock Art advocate whose objective is to “see all the sites” can use the Ebook to allocate their time to the most interesting sites and to the most interesting areas of a particular site.

And finally, the visitor who does not photograph or who visited with a malfunctioning camera, can obtain a permanent record of the site for their use.

From my viewpoint, the Ebook serves as a personal recording (digital photo) of the site. This recording will likely outlast me and serves as a forum to discuss the site attributes with researchers, scholars, and interested Rock Art advocates who desire more information.

If you wish more information, review www.exploringrockart.com or contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.
 
For more information please review www.exploringrockart.com or contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

A Guide to the Rock Art of White Mountain, WY is on sale for a limited period


The Ebook, "A Visitor's Guide to the Rock Art of White Mountain, WY." has been newly revised and is on sale until 2/28/15.  Please check www.exploringrockart.com for more information.

White Mountain is an outstanding site including many images on white rocks.