Rock Art Ranch near Winslow, AZ: Pots and Petroglyphs

Oct 20, 2015; Don, Bob, Joe, Oddvar & Suzanne
Note:
Photos with file names that begin with IMG were taken by Don
Photos with file names that begin with P were taken by Suzanne

1 Looking south as we were going east on Territorial Road near our destination Rock Art Ranch. We had come through this weather going up US 87 from Payson to Winslow. We went through rain, sleet and hail - Suzanne and Oddvar were on their BMW off-road motorcycle. Are we still having fun?	2 Some of the out buildings at RAR. The one on the right is one of the original bunkhouses of the Hash Knife Cattle Company (the home of the rowdy Hash Knife Gang).	3 A sign giving background on the Hash Knife bunkhouse.	4 Don making friends with the rancher's friendly dog
5 The ranch owner, Brantley Baird, is our guide. Great guy	6	7 The porch of the museum housing native american artifacts collected on the ranch property	8
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13	14	15 Don holding a stone axe head found recently on the ranch	16 A small, Navajo, recently-built sweat lodge - where Navajos perform "purification cermonies."
17 A larger Navajo sweat lodge.	18	19 A hogan for females in a clan or tribe. Hogans for males are smaller in size.	20 We make our way over to the hogan in the light rain that was falling
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29 The sun shining through the hole in the top of the hogan onto the interior provided a means of telling the seasons of the year	30 A matate (grain grinding rock) that was recently revealed by rains on the ranch.	31 The rock on the metate is the mano that was used to grind the corn.	32
33 Now we're out at Chevelon Canyon where Brantley has built steps for entering the canyon and an overlook.	34	35 A zoomed shot of a rock at the bottom the canyon - taken from the overlook.	36 Taken down in the canyon. This bear claw print is a sign of the Bear Claw Clan/Tribe.
37 An even closer pic	38 We head up canyon first. Bob, Joe, Oddvar & Suzanne find the first collection of petroglyphs	39	40
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45	46 There's a view of the stairs/staircase for entering and leaving the canyon. Joe is eating lunch at the bottom.	47 We now head down canyon, not straying too far from the steps due to the many storms around us.	48
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53 There was a sign pointing to an eagle - this is the only one we could find - a rock formation, not a petroglypy. Don't see it (I should have zoomed back)? Check the next photo.	54 I highlighted the eagle I saw with some dimming of the surrounding rock	55 Aha! Finally a Kokopelli playing his flute.	56
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61	62 A beaver (or badger; or ?)	63	64 A bear claw marker.
65 Another bear claw marker	66	67	68
69	70	71 Notice the "dress" of the apparent female "cinderella" is an inverted bear claw.	72
73	74	75	76 A view down canyon
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81 A beaver (or badger, or alligator?)	82 Oddvar on down canyon	83	84 Time to head back to the valley. There are storms all around and we don't want to be in a flash flood.Suzanne and Oddvar have now climbed out of the canyon.
85 On the way back along Territorial Road we have this on our right side (north). We didn't have time to pick up the pots of gold where the railnbow touched down.