Death Valley 2022/23

[Beardilocks]

MG: Book was published 1960 with the work in it done around the mid-50s. Much can change in 70yrs. But I spoke with a park archeologist today and they stated that saw the poor condition of this glyph in their post-flood survey this fall. Whether that’s implies it was in better condition before the flood or that they just hadn’t had eyes on it in a while… who knows. These would not be disturbed by running water but heavy rain could potentially take a toll.

The volcano stone was worked only by wind erosion out on the desert pavement.

DVD: A permit would be impossible. The park is heavily leaning towards the ”fingers in ears yelling LALALALA“ approach to these sites. A permit to film one would be immediately denied. I can’t say that I blame them. Any site (not just in DV, but surrounding states) that’s anywhere near accessible to humans gets defaced.

I may admit to zip tie-ing a selfie stick to a hiking pole to shoot some of this stuff. Lol. Don’t need a permit for that.

I’ll be starting a new thread but the archeologist I’m in contact with is working on a project to document historical tourist attractions along the 190 corridor. So if anyone has sites they’ve wondered about or old photos to share, send them my way.