@overthehillsfaraway
pics 6-23 in that set are on Skull Mesa...then others in a wander on the way down and back to the trailhead.
"Only one" must mean just the one general area of metates and glyphs. It was a whie ago, .

@overthehillsfaraway
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I just happened to walk by these...

@overthehillsfaraway
Well, the image search found it. I just had to look at it longe enough to see why!

@overthehillsfaraway One more thing. I was curious if Google Lens could find a photograph (or your photograph) from his line drawing. The answer seems to be no but it did find this: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/pdf/rock_art_fact_sheet.pdf ...

@overthehillsfaraway Excellent...I see it pg 768. I had done a quick scan and didn't find this match to your picture. I'm sure there are plenty of clues in that for the South Mountain glyph hunter! My (pure) guess is it's pretty darn hard to find anything that hasn't been cataloged by archaeologist...

@overthehillsfaraway
I haven't spent much time chasing the SM petroglyphs but one area I've spent a lot of time on is the lower Gila River. Turns out Aaron Wright is the expert there as well. Busy, productive guy!

@overthehillsfaraway That is a nice one. Image search finds only your Facebook post so its certainly not "internet popular" and possibly internet unknown. (BTW I put up a YT video on image searching petroglyphs last year https://youtu.be/dIo7OVpT8M0 , though I don't claim any expertise). ...

@overthehillsfaraway
Probably best to try reach him through Verde Valley Archaeology Center...that's a real place. My point about posting them is that if they really are "cool and unknown" you'll get some validation and support. If they're known you might find out.

@overthehillsfaraway Linked-In says Todd Bostwick is now Director of Archaeology at Verde Valley Archaeology Center. An expert on South Mountain petroglyphs who is still very active is Aaron Wright at Southwest Archaeology. You may be able to find his email address. But I also suggest you post your...

@Mountain_Rat Funny just yesterday I was looking to replace the "weird" boots I like. Merrell Ontario mid-height, leather upper...but, now discontinued!. Well some websites in Romania have them. I've gone through two pairs in the last few years - they were good AND cheap. Maybe I was buyi...

I left this comment on the article: About 55yrs ago my family moved to Colorado and with my brothers and other teenage friends we started hiking 14ers. At the time the legendary accomplishment of Cleve McCarty (a Boulder Dentist) was revered by all. He did all 54 CO 14ers in 53 days if I remember ri...

@LosDosSloFolks Greg, that's my friend Paul...I'm pretty sure I was more modest. @SpiderLegs Good point about SAR/Pros as the last remaining market for retail mountain stores these days. The rest of us got used to cheaper stuff. I spent my formative years in Boulder CO drooling over the pretty stuf...

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I've always enjoyed this guy's outdoor explorations...pleasantly surprised to see him put this together.

The Youtube version of the film just popped up. As expected, high quality, nicely done, but the DNA discussion is "slight".
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@joebartels
Plus it gives you a really deep voice.

@Pivo Seen sometimes in petroglyphs too. @Jim @Alston_Neal Interesting stuff. I think I've read more about genetics+language studies relative to how people spread across Eurasia than here. And I've always been bothered that the genetic studies are really hampered here. I'm not familiar at all with ...

@Alston_Neal
Yeah. So the lesson is that if you see a string of weird images, some modern, laid out a la Egyptian heiroglyphics, think "that may be one of those WMP things".

@Alston_Neal Yes, very interesting. I don't believe I've ever seen one but they look obviously different from the "authentic" ones. The author's detective work, which I think blames an energetic Mormon of the late 1800s and then some copycats seems pretty sound. There are quite a few Basq...

@Pivo
Very interesting. As I understand it DNA analysis to sort out the history and details of Native American migrations is hampered by reluctance of modern tribes to participate or allow study of ancient bones.

@GeeEss
Forget Bing...try Google Lens.

A quick counting of my results:
29 glyphs tested
GL matched 20
Bing IS matched 4