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Top photo: This pictograph panel was the first rock art site in the Verde Valley dated by AMS radiocarbon dating. I read that the Hopi won't allow any additional excavating or testing. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/wp ... 28-no2.pdf Page 16 for additional Rock Art info.
The black shield dates to A.D. 700–1210.
The white dots on it date to A.D. 1280–1620. Researchers attribute the latter to the Yavapai.
The Docent called the red figures "dancers"
Bottom photo: Palatki shield at equinox https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/wp ... 28-no2.pdf page 15 a large circular pictograph with four sets of three lines converging to a second smaller circle. Three of the four quadrants of the larger circle contain small lines from the inner circle. These register marks guide the observer to accurately record dates.
At sunrise on the equinox, a diagonal shadow line bisects the circle in line with two register marks. Thirty days before the vernal equinox, at sunset, a sun wedge using two register marks appears.
I've seen two descriptions - Sun Wheel or Large radiating Sinaguan "shield".
The black shield dates to A.D. 700–1210.
The white dots on it date to A.D. 1280–1620. Researchers attribute the latter to the Yavapai.
The Docent called the red figures "dancers"
Bottom photo: Palatki shield at equinox https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/wp ... 28-no2.pdf page 15 a large circular pictograph with four sets of three lines converging to a second smaller circle. Three of the four quadrants of the larger circle contain small lines from the inner circle. These register marks guide the observer to accurately record dates.
At sunrise on the equinox, a diagonal shadow line bisects the circle in line with two register marks. Thirty days before the vernal equinox, at sunset, a sun wedge using two register marks appears.
I've seen two descriptions - Sun Wheel or Large radiating Sinaguan "shield".
Feb 10 2023