Some of my new rock art friends!On the left is Patty and the right is Tonya.I spend the weekend of May 22-26th in Bakersfield, CA for the American Rock Art Research Associtaion conference. It was so nice to meet fellow rock art lovers and go on hikes. The presentations were so interesting and I really liked the different theories discussed. I saw some beautiful rock art on private land. Thanks to the landowners and hike guides Bill, Jim and Mary! It was so awesome. I even got to see a real mortar and pestal in the field, just as it was left possibly thousands of years ago!
I learned new rock art theories:
They were made as fertility sites
rocks were chosen based on the shape they formed eg: a vulva or a fish
rock art does not fade- it's mineral on mineral so it chips and flakes off over time from nature
rock art motifs were the dreams of the people who drew them
rock art lines up with the north star! usually a sun or star motif is parallel to it
you can echo in some areas to find rock art by following the echo itself!
Shamans drug-tripped and entered the spirt world and drew the spirit helpers they called upon.
My booth on the Anza -Borrego site shown above where I photoshopped the lost layer of yellow paint
below is a picture from a nature preserve where I went on a hike. How cute is this precious little deer? This is a zoomed shot from the car I was in.
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