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Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:43 am
by TahoeJeff
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:08 am
by Jason
Very cool! My wife and I love checking out stuff like that. Imagine going back in time and watching that person outline their hand.
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:38 pm
by maverick
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:52 pm
by rightstar76
Thanks Maverick! Lots of links to explore.
Other HSTrs into anthropology, archaeology: any articles, books to explain these incredible drawings?
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:05 pm
by freestone
rightstar76 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:52 pm
Other HSTrs into anthropology, archaeology: any articles, books to explain these incredible drawings?
I'm currently reading
The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin and she mentions the Mojave petroglyphs in her book written early in the 20th century. She said even the Shoshone of that era did not know the meaning.
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:46 am
by rightstar76
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Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:16 am
by AlmostThere
You should run those through dStretch, an app to bring out the paints they used. If you want I can dl one and do that for you to show you how it works.
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:47 am
by TahoeJeff
AlmostThere wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:16 am
You should run those through dStretch, an app to bring out the paints they used. If you want I can dl one and do that for you to show you how it works.
That would be great! But as far as I could tell, the glyphs were created by hammering or chiseling the rock. I don't think any pigment was used.
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:48 am
by bobby49
There are two distinct categories of rock art. One chips the rock surface, and it is particularly effective where a dark "desert varnish" is on the surface. Chipping exposes a lighter rock. The other category uses pigments applied on top of the rock surface, but it won't last as long.
Re: Death Valley Rock Art
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 10:09 pm
by AlmostThere
I think that even when it's a petroglyph the iDStretch software does make details pop a little.