Even more Moab Rock Art

[IntrepidXJ]

Saturday, December 4, 2010

On Saturday morning, I awoke bright and early so that I could head back to the Moab area to find some more rock art. On my drive towards Moab, I was treated to an excellent sunrise over the La Sal Mountains. Here's some photos from my day...

The Snake-in-Mouth Panel


Close-up of the blue eyes and the Snake in the Mouth


The Supplication Panel





The Fishman







Opposite the Fishman pictographs


Another small panel along the way

[IntrepidXJ]

Lonesome Shaman


The Moab Mastodon


Next to the 'mastodon'


Petroglyphs around the corner from the Owl Panel


The Owl Panel


The Owl


Bird Figure


Bighorn Sheep


Owl Petroglyph Panel

[trackrunner]

[ibenick]

The fishman looks awesome. Great stuff, Randy.

[Reddirtdawg]

Randy - great emphasis of the tafoni in your third shot of Fishman. Bravo!

[oldno7]

Thanks again Randy

[Iceaxe]

awesome stuff....

[Win]

Damn, I love your posts, simply amazing what you're doing.

Win

[IntrepidXJ]

Randy - great emphasis of the tafoni in your third shot of Fishman. Bravo!

Thanks! Couldn't have done it without your help

[Reddirtdawg]

I find it somewhat interesting that Bruce Hucko named the Fish Man pictograph the way he did. I believe he was mistaken and thought that the center image was a fish skeleton. I know the Anasazi did not eat fish.....not sure if this held true for the archaic people of the area. Still, I am sure this is not a fish skeleton.
Bruce Hucko's Fish Man

Though we all have the option of naming these sites anything we like on our own websites.....I sort of liked the misnomer Bruce had given this and just kept that name when I posted shots of it on my site.

[willburcito]

I find it somewhat interesting that Bruce Hucko named the Fish Man pictograph the way he did. I believe he was mistaken and thought that the center image was a fish skeleton. I know the Anasazi did not eat fish.....not sure if this held true for the archaic people of the area. Still, I am sure this is not a fish skeleton.
Bruce Hucko's Fish Man

Though we all have the option of naming these sites anything we like on our own websites.....I sort of liked the misnomer Bruce had given this and just kept that name when I posted shots of it on my site.

I think it is more likely a representation of a giant centipede, which are found in this area. I have seen several other petroglyphs around Moab which seem pretty clearly to be these remarkable insects, and they all look very similar to this one. The two antennae at the "bottom" of the glyph (like a downward pointing "V") match the two large antennae that giant centipedes have.