View along the roadinto the Dinwoody Creek rook art site. There are three nice lakes along the way. The valley was carved by glaciers.
Dinwoody Creek. Most of it is diverted for irrigation on the Shoshone Indian Reservation. A permit from the reservation is required to visit the rock art site.
This coyote greeted me at the site. Didn't seem to mind me. I got out of the car with my camera stuff and he stopped, looked the situation over and continued on his way. Apparently didn't think I was edible.
This picture captures the two major panels. The much chalked in panel is in the left center and the other panel is at the lower right. There are other less visible panels between and below these and several isolated glyphs.
The previous panel in black and white. Sometimes black and white processing makes the glyphs stand out sometimes not.
I will work from left to right down the cliff face. This glyph was not in the previous overall view. A simple Dinwoody style character. Interior lines, mask like head, arms with three finger hands indicated. No legs. Indistinct pecking adjacent to the head and right hand.
Without Lightroom manipulation.
Well here we have an interesting Dinwoody figure. The square with 'hands' and 'feet' appears to be superimposed over a prior owl like or beetle like figure. This figure has elaborate internal detail including lines, dots and dashes. The body is segmented like a beetle and the tiny head is reminiscent of a dung beetle. The superimposed square character has four fingers and four toes symetricaly with no actual hands, feet, arms or legs indicated. The underlying beetle like glyph has three toes indicated on each 'leg'. Note that these toes are created by what I call 'minimalist' pecking, that is pecking that is only one peck wide creating a more delicate effect. The figure has 'wings' indicated by left and right horizontal bars with six lines descending from each. There are dots surrounding the head, Three rows of twelve above and two rows of four to each side. The head appears to have purposeful structure possibly indication large eyes.
Without Lightroom manipulation.
This is an interesting contrast. Note the upraised right arm with four fingers extended of the glyph in the center. Now note to the upper right an echo of this arm and fingers in much bolder form. Remineralization prevents determining the bottom of this echo arm. Also this 'echo' arm appears to be older. So what does it mean??
This little Dinwoody is just below and to the right of the previous one. It is owl like with the horizontal 'wings' and descending line 'feathers'. There appear to be seven 'feathers' on each 'wing' . The body appears at first to have a regular checker board pattern but this is not the case. I notice this on Dinwoody figures. What appears to be a regular pattern is purposefully not. Lines will not complete a couple of boxed or an extra line will be thrown in to cut a box in half. The head area is so remineralized that details can not be discovered but there does appear to be 'horns' or other head treatment.
Now back to this glyph. First note that the head dress appears to be a single tall spike above the head with regular side spikes on the sides. Note the wavy lines under the right hand. There are four fingers on the visible hand but only three minimalist toes on each 'foot' The head appears to have originally had much detail which is lost to mineralization. Note the rounded sides with interior lines in each. The main body is divided by three strong vertical bars which are divided by very irregular horizontal lines.
Another view of this little fellow.
And the previous picture without manipulation.
An overview of this group of glyphs.
A small glyph and possible zoomorph above.
This Dinwoody character has a lot of symetry yet some very distinct unsymetrical elements. There are three 'antanae' to the left and three to the right. The 'wings' each have seven 'feathers' and there are three left 'toes' and three right. The torso is divided into six vertical columns by five bold vertical lines. However, the bold horizontal lines to not appear to go all the way across in some cases and the thin horizontal lines certainly do not and appear to be placed indifferently. The figure has been highlighted with chalk and appears to have suffered a couple of gun shots to the head. There appear to be some 'whisker' type lines on the remains of the head.
This glyph has the 'beetle' feel to it. The arms each end in for fingered hands. Eyes are indicated possibly with pupils. The arms are connected through the body with a bold pecked line. There are three 'flared' lines to the left and three to the right above this bold line and six left and right below. Below the bold line connecting the arms the torso is divided by a center line. Below the last lower 'flared' lines are two areas that are pecked with dots. There may be eight in each side but there is too much remineralization to make this statement with confidence.
Same glyph without Lightroom manipulation.
This is a crop of the previous image so you may be able to actually see what I am talking about.
Again:
These glyphs were located at a distance and behind some folage so no good angle was available for a photograph. The main character here is clearly not as symetrical and the previous ones. It has a 'wing' on the right but only three long descending lines on the left. Head treatment also appears to be unsymetrical.
