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<\/a>A little cave underneath a balanced rock.<\/p><\/div>\n
Never one to pass up a promising overhang ( my motto\u00a0is “Let’s check\u00a0ALL the rocks!” ) I veered over. As I got a little closer\u00a0I noticed a red ochre streak on the back wall. Pay dirt!<\/p>\n
<\/a>The view into the little cave. There are pictograph elements on the left edge and far right in the photo.<\/p><\/div>\n
This site is fairly simple, as pictograph sites go. There are only a few elements in it, spaced somewhat haphazardly.<\/p>\n
<\/a>DStretch points the elements out clearly.<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the elements has eroded quite a bit, while the others still appear quite crisp.<\/p>\n
On the far right is a rake-type\u00a0line.\u00a0This design can be found in pictographs panels all over\u00a0the larger region – and in fact there are other nearby pictograph sites in this vicinity that include one or more of these elements, too, making it likely that it either had a specific regional meaning, or else a broader meaning that people from all over could tap into. This latter interpretation is worth thinking about, since research has shown that these rake-like elements can be\u00a0entoptic images produced by halogenic substances such as Native American tobacco.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The rake element.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dstretch pops out the rake.<\/p><\/div>\n
This particular element fades slightly from left to right. This may be due to it having been drawn from left to right, as would be natural for a right-handed person to do, but since the overhang opening is to the right of the element it may simply mean that it has weathered slightly more at its right end.<\/p>\n
The downward lines are unusually long for this type of design and trail off towards the bottom. Care was generally taken in drawing this element, with most of the tines branching off neatly from the main horizontal line. There are a couple of exceptions which protrude slightly above the horizontal line. The element also does not terminate with vertical lines as is often the case with these elements.<\/p>\n
On the left-hand side of the overhang are two Rectilinear elements, one against the back wall\u00a0and another on a nice smooth rectangular section of the lower wall.<\/p>\n
These elements are tucked into a somewhat confined area of the overhang. A narrow gap leads past the elements to the outside.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The left portion of the site.<\/p><\/div>\n
The gap isn’t large enough for a person to fit through, but is apparently large enough that it has contributed to the weathering of the two elements. The lower element is particularly difficult to discern, and I did not spot it until I had been in the shelter for some time, examining and photographing the other elements.<\/p>\n
<\/a>DStretch shows the two pictograph elements on the left of the shelter more clearly. The top element is grid-like in appearance, while the lower one is deliberately fitted onto the smooth surface found there.<\/p><\/div>\n
The lower element was\u00a0designed carefully around the surface it is painted on. It shares some characteristics with the rake-like element on the right side of the overhang. It has an upper horizontal line and downward trailing lines spaced evenly along it.<\/p>\n