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Rock ArtSite Name: Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs Alternative Name: Volcanic Tablelands petroglyphs
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 44.955 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Fresno  Nearest Village: Bishop
Latitude: 37.361140N  Longitude: 118.408477W
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
3 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
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no data 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
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mfrincu visited on 16th Nov 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Access: 3 Not very easy to find from the main road. You need to have prior knowledge of the few sites accessible by dirt roads only or you can spend a few days exploring. The Sierra Nevada mountains are amazing too but the petroglyphs themselves are splendid!

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Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs
Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs submitted by mfrincu : Another beautiful panel from the Fish Slough petroglyph site containing what is likely to be solar symbols. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Several hundred rock art sites located in desert north of Bishop, in Mono County, California. The main sites include Fish Slough, Chidago, and the Red Canyon - Chalfant sites.

The reference recommends to “visit the Paiute - Shoshone Indian Cultural Center on West Line Street in Bishop, California, before you head off to the sites”. Therefore the coordinates for this page are set for West Line Street.

The Chalfant and Yellow Jacket Ptroglyph sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Mono County. Other rock art sites exist in the same area in ajoining Inyo County. The sites feature concentric circles, deer, rattlesnakes, bighorn sheep and hunters with bows and arrows.

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) summary information:

Chalifant (CA-MNO-7):
Cultural Affiliation: Numic, Late Prehistoric, Northern Pauite/Owens Valley Pa
Period of Significance: 500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Ceremonial Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Yellow Jacket (CA-MNO-2189):
Cultural Affiliation: Desert Archaic, Paiute/Shoshone
Period of Significance: 500-999 BC, 500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Camp, Ceremonial Site, Processing, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

References (including photos):
http://www.thesierraweb.com/generalinfo/petroglyphs.cfm

Also see the Bishop Field Office for the Bureau of Land Management, which lists the Volcanic Tablelands area as one of the Top Ten Points of Interest in this area of California.

National Register of Historic Places.

Note: Stolen Petroglyphs from sacred California site recovered - Vandals Still Sought - Damaging petroglyphs is a felony - first-time offenders can be imprisoned for a year and fined $20,000, authorities said. See Comments.
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Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs
Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs submitted by mfrincu : One of the most iconic petroglyph panels with the eastern Sierras in the background. The image is from the Fish Slough site containing hundreds of examples. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs
Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs submitted by bat400_photo : Chalfant Petroglyphs, near Bishop, California. Date 30 May 2011(2011-05-30), 18:01 Source IMG_1610 Uploaded by Hike395 for Wikipedia. Author The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company from Long Beach, California, United States This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs
Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs submitted by Andy B : One of the sites where thieves apparently sawed through the rock to remove a petroglyph considered sacred to the local Paiute tribe. The rock etchings are thought to be more than 3,000 years old. Image credit: Greg Haverstock/Bureau of Land Management (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs
Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs submitted by Andy B : An area in the Volcanic Tableland in eastern California where thieves apparently attempted to carve out a petroglyph and then decided to move on without it. They ultimately extracted six slabs with the ancient images, and damaged many of the others in between with their equipment. Image Credit: Greg Haverstock/Bureau of Land Management (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs by Anonymous on Wednesday, 03 June 2015
The "period of significance" dates are a bit confusing in the description of these sites, do we really need them?
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    'Period of Significance' dates - some explanation by bat400 on Thursday, 04 June 2015
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    These entries are copied from the summaries of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listing for the site.
    For sites which were created in prehistoric periods the period of significance is generally filled out to coorespond to dates of occupation or creation, which may be very specific for a single construction or occupation episode (possibly based on carbon dating) or very general (the date associated with a particular cultural period - an example) based on tool desing or pottery.
    In the case of a Rock Art site, the dates may correspond to symbols associated with multiple, successive cultural periods, that have been added to the sites over many eras. Or the dates may be associated with artifacts found in the immediate area that are identified with various cultural periods.
    I'd say they add information to the site listing. I will make a minor edit.
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Petroglyphs stolen from sacred Sierra site recovered - Vandals Still Sought by bat400 on Friday, 01 February 2013
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Petroglyph panels cut and chiseled off an eastern Sierra rock art site sacred to Native Americans have been recovered by federal investigators, U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials announced Thursday.

The suspected thieves have not been identified and the investigation is continuing into one of the worst acts of vandalism ever committed on the 750,000 acres of public land managed by the BLM field office in Bishop.

BLM Field Office Manager Bernadette Lovato said in an interview. “Recovery was a priority for me, and the public outrage intensified the need for them to be returned.”

Lovato declined to disclose details about the discovery, except to say, “We found all five panels by following an anonymous tip sent to us in a letter.”
“The panels are currently being held as evidence,” she said. “After a prosecution, perhaps they may eventually be put on public display somehow, but that will be up to Paiute-Shoshone tribal leaders.”

“I feels real good to have them come back home,” Paiute tribal historic preservation officer Raymond Andrews said in an interview.

The desecration was reported to the BLM on Oct. 31 by visitors to the area.
The site, which is still used by the local Pauite for ceremonies, is protected under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Authorities said the petroglyphs were not worth a great a deal on the illicit market, probably $500 to $1,500 each.

But they are priceless to Native Americans, who regard the massive tableaux as a window into the souls of their ancestors.

There is a $9,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thieves. Damaging or removing the petroglyphs is a felony. First-time offenders can be imprisoned for up to one year and fined as much as $20,000, authorities said. Second-time offenders can be fined up to $100,000 and imprisoned up to five years.

Anybody with information about the theft is asked to contact the BLM at (760) 937-0301 or (760) 937-0657.

For more, see latimesblogs.latimes.com
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Donation Fund Established in Bishop Paiute Tribe's Petroglyph Vandalism Case by bat400 on Monday, 26 November 2012
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The Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association is accepting donations following destruction of petroglyph panels at a major rock art site north of Bishop.

Donations can be mailed to the association at:
Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association
190 E. Yaney St.
Bishop, CA 93514

Those interested in donating can also call the association at 1.760.873.2411 during normal business hours.

Donors can specify where they want to money to be used:
* Petroglyph vandalism reward fund;
* Interpretive opportunities (to show how the damage has affected the overall panel);
* Adopt a camera for continued site monitoring/surveillance;
* Fund archeological site stewardship training and volunteer opportunities.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bishop Field Office and the Bishop Tribe are offering $2,000 in reward money, $1,000 each, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the responsible individuals who damaged petroglyph panels at a major rock art site on the Volcanic Tableland north of Bishop. The perpetrators removed or damaged rock art at five locations within the site.

For more, see http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com.
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Re: Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs by Wasil on Wednesday, 21 November 2012
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The desecration of sacred ground by extravegant means is a disturbing trend. The desecraters must be caught and made example of. This a crime against everyone.
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Theft of sacred rock drawings stuns California tribe and federal officials by Andy B on Tuesday, 20 November 2012
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Ancient hunters and gatherers etched vivid petroglyphs on cliffs in the Eastern Sierra that withstood winds, flash floods and earthquakes for more than 3,500 years. Thieves needed only a few hours to cut them down and haul them away.

Federal authorities say at least four petroglyphs have been taken from the site. A fifth was defaced with deep saw cuts on three sides. A sixth had been removed and broken during the theft, then propped against a boulder near a visitor parking lot.

Dozens of other petroglyphs were scarred by hammer strikes and saw cuts.

"The individuals who did this were not surgeons, they were smashing and grabbing," U.S. Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Greg Haverstock said last week as he examined the damage. "This was the worst act of vandalism ever seen" on the 750,000 acres of public land managed by the BLM field office in Bishop.

The theft required extraordinary effort: Ladders, electric generators and power saws had to be driven into the remote and arid high desert site near Bishop. Thieves gouged holes in the rock and sheared off slabs that were up to 15 feet above ground and 2 feet high and wide.

Read more and watch the video at the LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-petroglyphs-theft-20121119,0,6886011.story
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Re: Bishop Eastern Sierra Petroglyphs by Martin_L on Tuesday, 20 November 2012
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"Theft of sacred rock drawings stuns California tribe, federal officials"

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/19/15284584-theft-of-sacred-rock-drawings-stuns-california-tribe-federal-officials?lite

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