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Sunrise on Sky Rock Petroglyph and Sierra Nevada Mountains – Bishop, California

August 20, 2022 0 Comments

Sunrise on Sky Rock Petroglyph and Sierra Nevada Mountains - Bishop, California

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The approach of sunrise at Sky Rock Petroglyph and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Bishop, California. The petroglyphs in this region appear largely in a volcanic tableland, that is in the vicinity of Fish Slough an area designated as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), for the marsh’s rich environment, which supports a variety of plant and animal life, some unique to the area. It was this abundance of life and water resources in a largely remote, and barren place, that attracted the ancestors of the Paiute and Shoshone native american tribes that have historically lived in the region, and carved the rock art explorers to the region see today.

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Miamsburg Adena Indian Mound – Ohio

May 15, 2022 0 Comments

Miamsburg Adena Indian Mound - Ohio

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The Adena culture was a prehistoric Native American culture that existed from 500 BC to 100 AD. They resided in what is now the Eastern United States, focused primarily in Ohio, and parts of West Virginia and Kentucky, during a period known in archaeology as the Early Woodland. They had a unique burial complex and ceremonial tradition, the largest visible sign of which are large earthen mounds spread across the landscape. The Miamsburg mound at 65 feet, is the largest intact mound in Ohio.

They along with the Fort Ancient and Hopewell cultures have come to be known as the Mound Builders, for their large earthworks.

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Shiprock Black and White – Farmington – New Mexico

May 9, 2021 0 Comments

Shiprock Black and White - Farmington - New Mexico

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Shiprock is a volcanic monadnock that rises 1,583 feet above the desert landscape of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico and is 7,177 feet above sea level. Multiple volcanic dikes radiate from it, including one pictured in the lower left of the image. The formation figures prominently in the religion, myth and traditions of the Navajo, and stood at the geographic and cultural center of the Ancient Puebloans of the Colorado Plateau, also known as the Anasazi. Three major Anasazi sites, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Aztec Ruins National Monument reside less than a hundred miles from the volcanic plug

Shiprock is made of volcanic breccia and dikes of igneous rock. It is what remains of the upper core of a volcano that formed 27 million years ago.

The name of the formation derives from an anglicized perspective of what the rock looks like, in this case a 19th-century clipper ship. The Navajo have a different name, Tsé Bitʼaʼí, which means winged rock, and comes from the legend of a great bird.

Navajo Tourism – Shiprock
New Mexico Department of Geology – Shiprock

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