Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

....aka The Moab Man, aka The Golf Course Rock Art Panel. Hadn't planned on stopping by, but I was in the neighborhood and the snow looked so inviting.

Yeah, sure, okay, I hopped the fence. It's what Moab Men do.

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DickC Loc: NE Washington state

A nice shot Jim!!

Toment Loc: FL, IL

👍👍👍
Thanks

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...you managed to document AND get a nice frame, bravo!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Many years ago, several years, in fact, before I began doing actual, proper, and rigorous documentation of rock art and archaeological sites, I met a vacationing photographer from Switzerland. During the course of his stay, he mentioned at one point that he wanted to see and shoot some rock art, and since the site shown in this pic is so easily accessible, I took him there. While taking in various of the figures and the setting and such, he found a golf ball laying on the ground and picked it up. I cautioned him that while it was ok for him to pick up and examine the golf ball, it was in fact an ancient Anasazi golf ball --an archaeological artifact which is thus a part of the site-- so he should put it back exactly where he found it so that others who'd later come could likewise enjoy the site in an undisturbed state. (I don't recall exactly, but I may not have mentioned that there was a golf course immediately across the street. Heh-heh-heh.)

Thanks for mentioning the 'documentation' aspect, but, no, this is nowhere close to being documentation. Proper documentation would've included a great deal more, down to and including the precise spatial placement/aspect/condition/etc. of that golf ball. The blanket of snow, however, had hidden the artifact, and that precluded my being able to provide proper documentation.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Your rock art work rocks, Jim!

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Mindblowingly beautiful composition and fabulous petroglyphs 🧡🧡🥇🧡🧡

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...thanks for the clarification. I wasn't referring to a scholarly approach, but, then, I'm not much of a scholar, either! Heh...

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Most of aren't either!!

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

That’s a nice one, Jim--great contrast between the wall and the snowy scene, and the fence adds greatly to the shot.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Really nice shot.