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This page last updated on 03/05/2019
This page last updated on 03/05/2019
For more info on the Ash Springs Rock Art Site, check out pages 18-23 of the Lincoln County Rock Art Guide at … http://lincolncountynevada.com/images/RockArtGuide.pdf. | ||
06/21/2012 Trip Notes: On the return from a week-long camping trip with Harvey Smith to Spring Valley State Park, north of Pioche, NV, we made a side trip to the Ash Springs Rock Art Site at Ash Springs, Nevada. Shortly after pulling off US-93, you must open a barbed-wire gate (shown above) to enter the site. Be sure to close upon entering and leaving. As you can see from the map above, there are 18 separately identified panels located on the desert varnished rocks found at this site. Unfortunately, many are barely recognizable due to the constant deterioration caused by weathering from the natural elements of sun, rain and wind. To us today, much of the imagery here is clearly non-representational (refer to Panels 01, 02 and 03), though it would have been clearly understood by the cultures who created it. Some of the more recognizable glyphs are zoomorphs and resemble animals, including all four-legged types or quadrupeds, as well as birds, insects, and other animals. Mountain sheep are the most common zoomorphs found at Ash Springs (look carefully at Panels 04 and 05). Human figures, or anthropomorphs, are some of the other recognizable forms found at Ash Springs and exhibit striking variations in design (refer to Panels 06 and 07). | ||
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Clicking the "Play slide show" will play a fullscreen window of the slide show.
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