A small story behind my Ć¢ArtRoflmaoĆ¢ entry.
With the exception of woody, these are real Anasazi petroglyphs and date to about 200AD. The Saturday before deadline while waiting for proper light, a group of about 25 children and their parents came to the site. Listening I was able to garner, that each student was given a disposable camera and given the assignment of looking for specific Petroglyphs, a scavenger hunt for drawings if you will.
Now granted erosion will eventually wipe out these relics of 1800 year old history, but large groups of children without proper knowledge of the history involved, and how they increase damage to these sandstone drawings by constant wear of foot traffic, can and will only accelerate there demise.
My goal this year, is to align myself with someone with a better command of the language, with me being the photographer. Provide to educators a web page that not only better explains the history of this site that is readily available as of this time, but how to better protect it for future generations.
On the same note, I believe I have seen this symbol before, well before my understanding of petroglyphs. Can anyone identify it..
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