These pictographs are found along a creek running in a southwesterly direction from its origin point in a meadow. Some creek-hopping and – if you pick the wrong side of the creek – mild scrambling is required to reach the shelter hosting the pictographs. Continue reading
The large, slanted boulder in front of the pictograph shelter, showing one of the mortar holes on the shelf.
This site sits on the southern bank of a small ephemeral drainage that leads into the creek running below the “Shooting Star” pictograph site, and forms part of the same Tübatulabal summer settlement.
A large, sloped boulder leans towards the south, and on a natural shelf at workable height, several fairly shallow mortar holes are present.
Mortar holes are often a hint that interesting discoveries may be just around the corner. They do not disappoint in this case: turning westerly after examining these mortars to take a look at the sloped overhang of a larger boulder reveals a wonderful pictograph panel tucked away under the sloped surface. Continue reading
This site is located in Tübatulabal territory, on the western slope of one of a network of contributing ephemeral drainages draining southerly into a more permanent creek. What makes this site attractive as a habitation site is the presence of a small spring, leading to some lush vegetation in the drainage. Continue reading
These pictographs can be found in a remote valley, accessible only by either scrambling up a boulder-and-vegetation-choked gully and then dropping down into the one end of the valley, or by approaching the valley from its other end and scrambling up dry waterfalls.
Read more about the site here as well, where I show some new pictographs we found on a return visit.
This pictograph site is perched on the eastern bank of a seasonal creek that runs southerly out of a stubby little valley. It is surrounded on three sides by steep peaks, and the site itself is nestled on the knee of the steep hillside above the creek bed. The boulder these pictographs are located on is larger than any others in the immediate vicinity. Continue reading