Featured: Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Random Image


Aikey Brae

Rocks & Rows, Sailing Routes across the Atlantic and the Copper Trade

Rocks & Rows, Sailing Routes across the Atlantic and the Copper Trade

Who's Online

There are currently, 358 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Inscription Canyon - Rock Art in United States in The Southwest

Submitted by mfrincu on Sunday, 19 April 2015  Page Views: 3332

Rock ArtSite Name: Inscription Canyon Alternative Name: Black Mountain Rock Art
Country: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Barstow  Nearest Village: Hinkley
Latitude: 35.197869N  Longitude: 117.193823W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

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!

Inscription Canyon
Inscription Canyon submitted by mfrincu : Abstract figures and some tortoises on one of the panels found in Inscription Canyon. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in The Southwest

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.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Inscription Canyon
Inscription Canyon submitted by mfrincu : Petroglyphs depicting sheep in Inscription Canyon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Inscription Canyon
Inscription Canyon submitted by mfrincu : Spirals and other petroglyphs in Inscription Canyon. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 96.3km NNW 337° Coso Petroglyphs* Rock Art
 103.9km W 267° Tomo Kahni* Rock Art
 120.1km E 89° 17 Mile Point* Rock Art
 129.9km SW 232° Tataviam Pictograph Site* Rock Art
 153.3km SE 137° Archaeology and Paleontology Curation Center Museum
 157.9km S 175° Hemet Maze Stone* Rock Art
 161.5km SE 144° Brunette Lady* Rock Art
 161.5km SE 143° Barker Dam Trail* Rock Art
 162.0km SE 143° Red lady* Rock Art
 164.5km E 96° Hole-in-the-Wall* Rock Art
 165.1km SW 221° Levitated Mass* Modern Stone Circle etc
 165.9km NW 304° Painted Rock at Tule River Rock Art
 168.4km NNW 338° Swansea petroglyph site* Rock Art
 169.9km E 95° Tortoise Shell Mountain* Rock Art
 182.6km W 263° Wind Wolves Preserve* Rock Art
 183.2km SSW 206° Bolsa Chica Mesa* Ancient Village or Settlement
 188.7km SSE 165° Anza Fertility Site* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 190.6km ENE 56° Lost Creek* Rock Art
 208.2km ENE 67° Sloan Petroglyph Site* Rock Art
 227.8km E 88° Grapevine Canyon* Rock Art
 235.3km S 175° San Diego Archaeological Centre* Museum
 236.4km ENE 60° Gypsum Cave Cave or Rock Shelter
 242.4km W 269° Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain* Rock Art
 244.3km WSW 250° Burton Mound* Artificial Mound
 244.8km SE 135° Corn Springs* Rock Art
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Chumash Painted Cave

Tortoise Shell Mountain >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Prehistoric Monuments of the Lake District

Prehistoric Monuments of the Lake District

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Inscription Canyon" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.