Bogley

[tanya]

What a great hike today! We had to keep up quite the pace to get where we wanted to go and to get out by dark. Will load some photos....

After a LONG bath. :lol8:

The Rocks Remember: Ancient Art of Snake Gulch
by Dr. John Hanson, Kaibab National Forest Archaeologist
This first-ever public viewing of “The Rocks Remember, the Art of Snake Gulch” documents the Kaibab National Forest Heritage Program’s efforts to record, protect and interpret the rock art of a wildly sinuous Grand Canyon tributary. Snake Gulch is in a remote wilderness area on the North Kaibab Ranger District and contains one of the finest collections of prehistoric rock paintings on the Colorado Plateau. This film, produced by Kaibab National Forest archaeologists, discusses the regional context of the stylistic elements of the Snake Gulch anthropomorphic rock art tradition and suggests that it fits into and complements the Anasazi and Fremont traditions of the surrounding areas. Kaibab National Forest Archaeologist Dr. John Hanson will show the 13-minute film and discuss what he has learned from his two decades of research and management of this mysterious canyon.

Dr. Hanson, who attained all his collegiate degrees at the University of Arizona, culminating with a PhD in 1978, has had a 30-year career in federal service, beginning with the BLM in 1976. Prior to becoming a “Fed,” he worked as an assistant to the late Paul S. Martin at the Field Museum and taught at the original Prescott College. He has served as the forest archaeologist on the Kaibab National Forest since 1986. Hanson’s primary responsibility is to ensure that Kaibab National Forest managers comply with federal laws to protect the nearly 9000 archaeological sites under his charge. In his 20 years on the Kaibab, Hanson has placed an emphasis on building a heritage team and encouraging that team’s participation in public archaeology, building relationships with the Kaibab’s tribal neighbors, academic research, site protection, and data stewardship. He has sought to make the Kaibab a Forest Service leader in heritage resource management. Under Hanson, the Kaibab became the first federal agency to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Hopi Tribe and subsequently with the Havasupai and Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians. He has helped organize 16 Passport-in-Time Projects that have contributed thousands of volunteer hours to document rock art across the Kaibab Forest. Remarkably, this includes more than 400 rock art sites.

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[tanya]

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[tanya]

:nod:

[tanya]

:popcorn:

[Bo_Beck]

I just uploaded the hike onto Topo. We started at the trailhead in Nail Canyon and scampered hurriedly to Wildband Spring =~ 10 Miles. This took around 4 hours as we stopped at Table Rock Spring for a pitstop and again at Pigeon Canyon for lunch. On the way back we slowed from 2.5 MPH average to our usual 100 PPH (photos per hour) average as we found hundreds of Pictos, Petros, 2-3 ruins, 5-6 granaries, bones, chips and shards and all sorts of other cool stuff! We began the hike at 8AM and were back to the Rover at 5:30PM after 20+ miles of perfect weather (and company) hiking.

[tanya]

Bo_Beck wrote: I just uploaded the hike onto Topo. We started at the trailhead in Nail Canyon and scampered hurriedly to Wildband Spring =~ 10 Miles. This took around 4 hours as we stopped at Table Rock Spring for a pitstop and again at Pigeon Canyon for lunch. On the way back we slowed from 2.5 MPH average to our usual 100 PPH (photos per hour) average as we found hundreds of Pictos, Petros, 2-3 ruins, 5-6 granaries, bones, chips and shards and all sorts of other cool stuff! We began the hike at 8AM and were back to the Rover at 5:30PM after 20+ miles of perfect weather (and company) hiking.

That hiking sounds so SLOW when you add in lunch and such. :nod:

[denaliguide]

very cool! i've flown over the area in a cessna a few times and thought a good loop would be down snake and out jumpup. maybe in march. who knows. the photos are great.

[sparker1]

Thanks for posting these, Tanya. Very interesting pictographs.

[tanya]

denaliguide wrote: very cool! i've flown over the area in a cessna a few times and thought a good loop would be down snake and out jumpup. maybe in march. who knows. the photos are great.


I saw some writes up of that. I think that would be a great way to go. Jump up is one of the best views of the Grand Canyon I think!

[tanya]

sparker1 wrote: Thanks for posting these, Tanya. Very interesting pictographs.


We put it in gear..... when hiking we were going 4 mph plus...... found the grainery we wanted.... but then we were running out of daylight to find all the picto/petro's on the way back! There were probably much more, but we shot a bunch of them. Then once we shot the last group we hussled to make it out just as it was getting dark.

If anyone goes... wear gators! That sheet (is that how you spell it) grass drove me nuts!

[Bo_Beck]

Photo of Tanya

[Alex]

Bo_Beck wrote: Photo of Tanya

:ahhh: :dropmouth: :jump_nutt: :eek1: :mwink: :slobber: :slobber: :slobber:

[tanya]

You are on my favorite list! :haha:

[Alex]

tanya wrote: You are on my favorite list! :haha:

Women are so easy..... :cool2: :lol8:

[tanya]

Alex wrote: tanya wrote: You are on my favorite list! :haha:

Women are so easy..... :cool2: :lol8:


Compliments go a long way! :nod: