Browse Items (51 total)

  • Collection: Petroglyphs of Castle Garden

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Plate 29 from the Castle Garden collection

An interesting representation of a bear track.

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Plate 28 from the Castle Garden collection

An Anthropomorphic panel, so badly eroded the heads are missing, but a row of phallic figures are recognizable. To the right appears more phallic men. This might represent a war party. Note the pointed…

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Plate 27 from the Castle Garden collection

The shield to the left is interesting in that it portrays the phytomorphic figure of a tree or plant. Symbolic figures may be seen in the center and a broken and eroded shield appears to the right.

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Plate 26 from the Castle Garden collection

Tool-grooves appear to the left and to the right may be seen the feathered ends of arrowshafts and one appears to be thrust into either the heart or liver on an animal.

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Plate 25 from the Castle Garden collection

A panel with many tool-grooves and the figure of a bird in the center. A bird track is shown below this figure.

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Plate 24 from the Castle Garden collection

The lower figures are those of tool-grooves. Above this is an interesting representation of an Indian gambling game which was played by tossing arrowshafts upon a blanket and the direction in which the…

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Plate 23 from the Castle Garden collection

An Anthropomorphic panel that is beginning to erode and part of the left hand figure is missing. The central figure is the key to the description. It is the elongated figure of a woman. The female sign is…

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Plate 22 from the Castle Garden collection

A complex mural of Anthropomorphic designs and tool-grooves. To the left appears the figure of a man, placed up-side-down and pierced by an arrowshaft. In this position, it no doubt represents death.…

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Plate 21 from the Castle Garden collection

A complex Anthropomorphic panel with several shields. The upper left hand figure is eroded. Several symbolic designs are to the right of this figure, one appears to have fringes and decorative designs…

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Plate 20 from the Castle Garden collection

The Anthropomorphic figure of a medicine man appears to the left. Note horns and head-dress. Symbolic figures appear at lower right.
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