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Submitted by Harald_Platta on Sunday, 14 February 2010  Page Views: 13066

Rock ArtSite Name: Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain Alternative Name: Carrizo Plain National Monument
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 50.263 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Bakersfield  Nearest Village: Caliente Range
Latitude: 35.145880N  Longitude: 119.85947W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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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
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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
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Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by mfrincu : Beautiful pictographs at Painted Rock. They are more vivid in reality. The light does not do them justice. A must but please do not touch! (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in San Luis Obispo County, California.
The Carrizo Plain has a rich and interesting history. Ornate and detailed pictographs seen at Painted Rock offer a glimpse of life when the Native American tribes of both the Chumash and Yokut made there home here. Evidence reveals they frequented the area most likely to harvest game from the rich grasslands. Further evidence discloses knowledge of trading and ceremony.

Access to Painted Rock is limited during March 1 through July 15. During the months of March through May, guided tours are offered to view this magnificent representation of a time and civilization that is little known to us. Other unique features within the National Monument will also be part of the tour. From July 16 through February 28, access will be available to Painted Rock without the need of a tour guide.

A new, interpretive sign has been erected on the Painted Rock Trail to provide information when access to Painted Rock is not an option. The sign includes an artist's interpretation of a prehistorical Painted Rock and the former inhabitants of the area before the arrival of the Europeans. Come prepared for extreme weather conditions and watch out for natural hazards such as rattlesnakes or biting and stinging insects. Call the Goodwin Education Center for tour reservations, road conditions or other information.

Directions from Cuyama (Highway 166), CA: Soda Lake Road is near the top of the grade north of Cuyama and south of Maricopa. Look for the now-closed Reye´s Station (the Union 76 gas station), which is at the intersection of Hwy. 166 and Soda Lake Road. Follow Soda Lake Road northwest for approximately 30 miles, then turn left onto Painted Rock Road. Follow signs.

Directions from Santa Margarita (Highway 58), CA: The Center is located east of Santa Margarita and west of McKittrick. Turn south off of Hwy. 58 onto Soda Lake Road and continue for 13 miles, then turn right onto Painted Rock Road. Follow signs.

Source: Wildernet.


Note: See attached article for a Tree Carving in California with possible links to Ancient Astronomers, from Time Magazine

(Page text originally posted by Andy_B; pictures posted by Harald_Platta & mfrincu)

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Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by mfrincu : Not sure if the complicated circle was made by the natives but it looks amazing! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by mfrincu : Some zoomorphic pictographs at Painted Rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by Flickr : Pictograph at Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain 6 Photo Credit: Sarah Swenty/USFWS Image copyright: USFWS Pacific Southwest Region (Pacific Southwest Region), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by Flickr : Pictograph at Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain 4 Photo Credit: Sarah Swenty/USFWS Image copyright: USFWS Pacific Southwest Region (Pacific Southwest Region), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by Flickr : Pictograph at Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain 8 Photo Credit: Sarah Swenty/USFWS Image copyright: USFWS Pacific Southwest Region (Pacific Southwest Region), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain submitted by Flickr : Pictograph at Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain 3 Photo Credit: Sarah Swenty/USFWS Image copyright: USFWS Pacific Southwest Region (Pacific Southwest Region), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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A Tree Carving in California: Ancient Astronomers? by Andy B on Sunday, 14 February 2010
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Though local lore held that the so-called "scorpion tree" had been the work of cowboys, paleontologist Rex Saint Onge immediately knew that the tree was carved by Indians when he stumbled upon it in the fall of 2006. Located in a shady grove atop the Santa Lucia Mountains in San Luis Obispo County, the centuries-old gnarled oak had the image of a six-legged, lizard-like being meticulously scrawled into its trunk, the nearly three-foot-tall beast topped with a rectangular crown and two large spheres. "I was really the first one to come across it who understood that it was a Chumash motif," says Saint Onge, referring to the native people who painted similar designs on rock formations from San Luis Obispo south through Santa Barbara and into Malibu.

Amazingly, Saint Onge had just identified the West Coast's only known Native American arborglyph, one long hidden behind private property signs. But the discoveries didn't stop there. After spending more time at the site, Saint Onge realized that the carved crown and its relation to one of the spheres was strikingly similar to the way the constellation Ursa Major — which includes the Big Dipper — related to the position of Polaris, the North Star. "But as a paleontologist, I live my life looking down at the ground," says Saint Onge, who runs an archaeological-consulting firm out of nearby Arroyo Grande. "I didn't know much about astronomy at all."

He quickly learned that the constellation rotates around the North Star every 24 hours, that its placement during sunset could be used to tell the seasons and that the Chumash people also revered this astronomical relationship in their language and cosmology. "It's the third largest constellation in the sky and they saw it every single night for tens of thousands of years," says Saint Onge. "It was like the TV being stuck on the same channel playing the same show nonstop." It became increasingly obvious to Saint Onge that the arborglyph and related cave paintings weren't just the work of wild-eyed, drug-induced shamans — which has been a leading theory for decades — but that the ancient images were deliberate studies of the stars and served as integral components of the Chumash people's annual calendar.


Read more, with photos at Time Magazine

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Carrizo Plain National Monument faces threats from inside and out by Andy B on Sunday, 14 February 2010
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The Carrizo Plain opened up like an earthen vault, its natural jewels spilling before my eyes, accompanied by serious silence. I had traveled a long journey inland by pickup truck to explore the riches of the remote national monument some 70 miles from SLO.

Encompassing 250,000 acres, the vast grasslands extended endlessly north, crept casually up the rolling hills to the east, and jutted violently into mountains on the west. The road soon turned to dirt before continuing all the way to the alkali-rimmed Soda Lake, a refuge for rare birds and rarer shrimp. Attempting to get a grip on the monument’s official significance, I stopped at the Goodwin Visitors’ Center, where I was encouraged to hike to Painted Rock, one of the few outcroppings on the otherwise uninterrupted plain. Painted Rock is one of the inland Chumash people’s most revered shrines, a three-story high, rocky womb adorned with detailed pictographs that still speak after years of weather and vandalism. If I wasn’t already enchanted with the Carrizo, this spiritual experience sealed the deal.

Splendor imperiled

Despite the renewing tranquility of the spectacular natural vistas of the Carrizo Plain, there’s never been a more crucial moment for determining their future. As policymakers put the finishing touches on the monument’s official management plan—which has taken much longer than expected, due to official and personal politics—threats to the status quo loom both inside and outside its borders. From the oil and gas claims that cover nearly half of the protected acreage to the massive solar power plants being proposed just north of the monument’s border to debates over habitat restoration, cultural resources, and grazing practices, to an increasing amount of visitors, all involved are debating vital issues about the future of the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The results of those discussions will reveal what we as Californians consider our priorities, and could have ramifications that will echo far beyond the silence of the Carrizo Plain.

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http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/2544/saving-the-silence/
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Re: Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain by Andy B on Sunday, 14 February 2010
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Photos at
http://www.petroglyphs.us/photographs_painted_rock_pictographs_carrizo_plain_california_PR.htm



This is a record of myself and my son journeying to a place now called "Painted Rock". This was a sacred site for the Chumash Indians. The paintings were heavily destroyed by vandals about 90-100 years ago, probably early ranch hands looking for targets.
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