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Capitol Reef National Park
with
exploringrockart

Coalition to Preserve Rock Art

Awareness . Education . Preservation


Visit Capitol Reef National Park, UT with www.exploringrockart.com,
An Ebook is available on November 19, 2010.

Capitol Reef National Park is a very scenic area, one often having nice sunsets, but also with good Rock Art. One of the National Park’s ventures has been to build a Boardwalk along several hundred feet of Petroglyphs. It’s difficult to get good pictures on many of the elements because of natural degradation and the distance of the boardwalk from the panels.

The Ebook includes pictures of the Rock Art that we found (including The Main Panel, Fremont Map Panel, Fremont North, Fremont South, then East, North, and South Pleasant Creek) the book is 49 pages long and has 60 images from 7 sites within the Park. Depending upon your interest in Rock Art, Photography, and Sight Seeing, a visit can easily consume the better part of 2 days.

Instructions on driving to Capitol Reef National Park are included (but not specifics regarding the Rock Art locations within the Park) as well as reported history of the Fremont occupation. Sometimes, park personnel are helpful in locating Rock Art sites to visit, other times they are not. It may depend on the approach taken with the staff, and it’s a more promising approach to ask for site locations by name rather than just asking “Where are the Rock Art sites?”.

The ebook will be emailed to your address as a .pdf file. As a cautionary note, the ebook will be password protected (a unique password will be provided to each customer), and the configuration of software on some computers may not allow multiple copying of the file, forwarding of the file, or high resolution printing of the file.

The cost of the ebook is $5.00 if paid by cash or Money Order and $5.50 if paid with Paypal (address questions of how to complete the order to www.exploringrockart.com). Profits will be used by the Coalition to Preserve Rock Art, dedicated to promoting awareness of, providing education about, and preservation of Rock Art in the Southwest.

If you have questions or if after review of the material sent to you, you have the need for a high resolution image for educational, research, or artistic purposes please contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

The information in this guide is copyrighted ©
and is not to be distributed.

www.exploringrockart.com

Ebook - A Guide to the Rock Art in Quitchupah Canyon, Utah

Available November 17, 2010

Visit
Quitchupah Canyon, UT

with

exploringrockart.

Coalition to Preserve Rock Art

Awareness . Education . Preservation

This series of Ebooks is designed to be a reference if you intend to visit and an aid to those researching the site.

Quitchupah Canyon is a very nice Rock Art Site and one that was seriously threatened by a paved road from a Coal Mine. Fortunately, the site was saved through intervention of many interested parties, including several Native American tribes. and societies protecting our resources.

The Ebook has 25 pages, with 32 photographs, some of which show an overview of the panel and then some focused on a specific area of the panel.

We have not given detailed directions to Quitchupah Canyon since we could not find directions in Books, on Websites, or in Government Publications and we do not disclose directions unless they can be found elsewhere.

The cost of the ebook is $4.00 if paid by cash or Money Order and $4.50 if paid with Paypal (address questions of how to complete the order to www.exploringrockart.com). Profits will be used by the Coalition to Preserve Rock Art, dedicated to promoting awareness of, providing education about, and the preservation of Rock Art in the Southwest.

The ebook will be emailed to your email address as a .pdf file. As a note, the ebook will be password protected (a unique password will be provided to each customer), and the configuration of software on some computers may not allow multiple copying of the file, forwarding of the file, or high resolution printing of the file.

If you have questions or if after review of the material you have the need for a high resolution, large image for educational, research, or artistic purposes please contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

The information in this guide is copyrighted © and is not to be distributed.

www.exploringrockart.com

Ebook - Visit Chloride, Arizona for Rock Art and Murals

Visit
Chloride, AZ
with
exploringrockart
Coalition to Preserve Rock Art

Awareness . Education . Preservation


Visit Chloride, AZ with www.exploringrockart.com,
An Ebook is available as of November 16, 2010.

Chloride is a very interesting historical town;
a former mining town with original buildings still standing,
a former hippie town with many unique rock paintings (murals) of Roy Purcell,
and Native American Rock Art preserved east of the town.

The Ebook includes pictures of the Rock Art that we found, pictures of Purcell’s murals, and a few pictures of the town. The book is 20 pages long, has 11 mural pictures, 10 images from 10 Petroglyph panels (note the petroglyphs are difficult to photograph because of the rough rock surfaces), and a few pictures of the “ghost” businesses in town. We have Chloride on our 2011 visitation list, because the area is so interesting. The Chloride experience should be enjoyed in a half-day.

We have not given detailed instructions to Chloride, since an Arizona atlas will show the location of the town.

The ebook will be emailed to your address as a .pdf file. As a cautionary note, the ebook will be password protected (a unique password will be provided to each customer), and the configuration of software on some computers may not allow multiple copying of the file, forwarding of the file, or high resolution printing of the file.

The cost of the ebook is $2.50 if paid by cash or Money Order and $3.00 if paid with Paypal (address questions of how to complete the order to www.exploringrockart.com). Profits will be used by the Coalition to Preserve Rock Art, dedicated to promoting awareness of, providing education about, and preservation of Rock Art in the Southwest.

If you have questions or if after review of the material sent to you, you have the need for a high resolution image for educational, research, or artistic purposes please contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

The information in this guide is copyrighted © and is not to be distributed.

www.exploringrockart.com

Snake Gulch, AZ Article

Snake Gulch Arizona Rock Art Site – Petroglyphs and Pictographs


In April of 2007, a group of 4 embarked on a 14
mile roundtrip hike to review the Rock Art in
Snake Gulch. Snake Gulch is well known by
Rock Art advocates, hikers, and horseback riders.
Only a couple of horseback riders who were
returning after a longer trip to the Grand Canyon
were encountered, so we had the Gulch to ourselves.
As a note the panels are essentially undamaged by
either pioneer writings or modern graffiti. The debate
of the government site managers about more
visitation (informing interested parties about the
location of the site) and nondisclosure of the site
location in this case weighs toward information being
available. Reduced visitation could possibly permit
destruction of the panels.

Our objectives were to select a long day, yet avoid the
snakes that come out in hot weather. We were
successful, starting at about 10:30 am and finishing
about 7:30 in the evening. Our plans were to start at
the North end, hike the 7 miles in with no photography,
have lunch, hike out and photograph the Rock Art panels.
Unfortunately on the hike in, we missed photographing
some very nice panels that display better in the morning
than they do in the afternoon.

However, the next time, a different plan:
Start earlier in the morning.

Photograph on the way down (also) since the lighting
favors some panels in the morning.

There are some observations or advice:
Have a high clearance, 4-wheel drive available.

Take a good lunch, and stash (hide) some water
midway in the hike.

And the normal precautions – maps, hat, good
hiking shoes, camera, sufficient memory, batteries,
cell phone (although we are not convinced it would
work in the area), and let people know where you
are going to be.

Will we return?
Without a doubt. As Rock Art advocates know
one review of the site frequently does not discover
everything that might prove to be interesting. The
repeat trips through reveal more panels and
allows improvement of the photographs. We gained
many good pictures and identified some that need
improvement. You can see the results of our effort at http://exploringrockart.com/snake_gulch1.htm and http://exploringrockart.com/snake_gulch.htm.

Although we normally do not release locations and
directions to the site, there are previously published
directions which we include in the Ebook.

Ebook - Visit Snake Gulch, AZ Rock Art

Available November 13, 2010

Visit Snake Gulch, AZ

With

exploringrockart
Coalition to Preserve Rock Art
Awareness . Education . Preservation

This series of Ebooks is designed to be a reference if you intend to visit and an aid to those researching the site.

Snake Gulch is an outstanding Rock Art Site. We intend to make our 2nd trip in the Spring of 2011 and will be updating and adding photos.

The Ebook is 54 pages, with 96 photographs, some of which will be improved next spring.

We have given detailed instructions to Snake Gulch, since directions are given by the US Government (pages 52-53) and by others (page 54).

The cost of the ebook is $5.00 if paid by cash or Money Order and $5.50 if paid with Paypal (address questions of how to complete the order to www.exploringrockart.com). Profits will be used by the Coalition to Preserve Rock Art, dedicated to promoting awareness of, providing education about, and the preservation of Rock Art in the Southwest.

The ebook will be emailed to your email address as a .pdf file. As a note, the ebook will be password protected (a unique password will be provided to each customer), and the configuration of software on some computers may not allow multiple copying of the file, forwarding of the file, or high resolution printing of the file.

If you have questions or if after review of the material you have the need for a high resolution image for educational, research, or artistic purposes please contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com.

The information in this guide is copyrighted ©
and is not to be distributed.

www.exploringrockart.com

Damage at Grapevine Canyon, Laughlin, Nevada

Intentional damage at a beautiful Rock Art site. More Awareness and Education programs are needed.

Mar. 25, 2010
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal

Paintball play damages petroglyphs, rocks near Laughlin

SPECIAL TO THE REVIEW-JOURNAL

Petroglyphs in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area that American Indians consider sacred have been damaged by youthful paintballers.
National Park Service spokesman Andrew Munoz said portions of four petroglyphs and rocks were colored with green and red paintball splatter last Friday at Grapevine Canyon, about two miles northeast of Laughlin.

Munoz said the site and the petroglyphs are culturally and spiritually important to the tribes of the Lower Colorado River. "It's like their Garden of Eden," he said.
"This area in particular is incredibly sensitive and sacred," said Rosie Pepito, chief of cultural resource management for the recreation area. "It's unimaginable to think of someone having a paintball fight in the Sistine Chapel, however, from the perspective of the local tribal members, that's what happened here."
Munoz said there has been some success in removing the color from the rocks , but that the oil-based paint has left its mark.
A citizen who spotted the paintball play in progress made a 911 call Friday that prompted a response by park rangers who encountered the shooters who had made it to the trailhead after leaving the site of the criminal damage. Munoz said the rangers confiscated two paintball weapons.
A 20-year-old Bullhead City man was cited for defacing and disturbing an archeological resource, using and discharging a weapon, littering and vandalism. Munoz said no determination has been made regarding citing or prosecuting a 13-year-old accomplice, also from Bullhead City.

TRAVELOGUE - ROCK ART TOUR
NEVADA, ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS
STARTED FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We left southwest Utah on February 10 on a tour to major Rock Art sites of the Southwest. Some of the results are shown below.

For details and pictures taken on this trip,

please visit

http://exploringrockart.com/travelogue__nv,_az,_nm,_tx.htm