Death Valley 2022/23

[Beardilocks]

Off to another undisclosed location on the edge of the park and more untranslatable messages from the distant past.

This canyon has been a veritable highway for many thousands of years.  Up until 1994 in fact.  And the petroglyphs here (of which I’ve only represented a few here) are scattered high & low throughout the mouth of the canyon, and appears to have been scribed over many hundreds if not thousands of years, some having almost faded completely.  









Interestingly, many glyphs here are wrapped around corners and facing upward.  I haven’t seen too many sites where the glyphs are featured facing skyward.  






Interestingly, this particular glyph was repeated at this site.  Sometimes alone, sometimes as part of a set or grouping of glyphs. This one of the newest & largest ones, some being much more faded.   Unusual.  



The main grouping of glyphs only continued a little ways into the canyon past the mouth.  Typical fir this type of site.  However there was this one glyph way at the other end of the canyon.  I pondered it’s meaning as I continued my hike across the desert.