Here is a rather nice part of the Counsel Rocks Archeological site. This is the hollow area underneath the boulder we looked at already in the “Approach” entry, the one with some rather inaccessible petroglyphs!
We recently had the pleasure of visiting a small pictograph site a fair bit off the beaten track. This site is hidden in a boulder pile sitting above a small wash, and it also features a rock with some grinding slicks. I’ve heard that the slicks had a mano ( the smoothed stone used to grind material on the slick ) sitting nearby, but it was gone when I visited. Pity. It seems like these artifacts get restless when people visit these sites – please don’t help them wander away when you visit! Continue reading