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Submitted by mfrincu on Sunday, 19 April 2015 Page Views: 3404
Rock ArtSite Name: Inscription Canyon Alternative Name: Black Mountain Rock ArtCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 35.395 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Barstow Nearest Village: Hinkley
Latitude: 35.197869N Longitude: 117.193823W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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mfrincu visited on 26th Mar 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 You can easily get lost in all the dirt roads but once you find it, the collection of petroglyphs is amazing!
The site is located in the Black Mountains NW of the city of Barstow. Access requires 4WD and a map because of the numerous dirt roads in the area. Entry to the site is marked. There are hundreds of petroglyphs engraved in an ancient canyon made of volcanic rock. Most of them are abstract (circles, lines, squares, crosses, spirals) with some being anthropomorphic and depicting animals. Interestingly, there are few spirals engraved on rocks which may indicate a solar connection to solstices and equinoxes, however studies have not been performed on those dates to see whether or not we see sun daggers on them.
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