A rock inscription found on the Columbia River at Roosevelt, Washington (State) is now housed at Horsethief Lake State Park because of the building of a dam on the river. See VirtualTourist.com in a writing by glabah for a nice history of the Horsethief Park Ancient Stone Carvings: petroglyphs.
Rock Art Oregon quotes ethnologist Herbert Krieger in 1927 during a Smithsonian survey that: "Rock inscriptions at Roosevelt, Washington, except for one maze-like inscription covering several square feet of rock surface, are nondescript and have apparently little value as an archeological key."
The rock inscription maze referred to there is one of the most spectacular sky maps of ancient Native America which we date to ca. 750 B.C. based on the positions of the Solstices and Equinoxes in that era.
The Roosevelt Washington maze-like inscription "maps" the full circle of the sky as a dog-like head shape with the eye at Draco's mid heaven. We have colored the cupmarks and line markings for easier understanding.
We decipher that petroglyph inscription below, relying on an image at Rock Art Oregon at http://rockartoregon.com/ with which we have no affiliation.
The above decipherment by Andis Kaulins, July, 2015, in Traben-Trarbach, is based on online materials, in particular a photograph at Rock Art Oregon, http://rockartoregon.com/to-become-visible/category/Motif.
As written at Rock Art Oregon (paragraphed by us into smaller paragraphs for easier reading):
It is interesting to see how the dog-like head used as a shape to mark the starry sky here finds its later sky-marking corresponding animal head theme in our previously published decipherment of Machu Picchu.
THIS POSTING IS Posting Number 120 of
The Great Mound, Petroglyph and Painted Rock Art Journey of Native America
Roosevelt Washington Columbia River Rock Inscriptions at Horsethief Lake State Park are a Marvelous Sky Map ca. 750 B.C. in the Shape of a Dog-like Animal's Head Reminiscent of Machu Picchu
Rock Art Oregon quotes ethnologist Herbert Krieger in 1927 during a Smithsonian survey that: "Rock inscriptions at Roosevelt, Washington, except for one maze-like inscription covering several square feet of rock surface, are nondescript and have apparently little value as an archeological key."
The rock inscription maze referred to there is one of the most spectacular sky maps of ancient Native America which we date to ca. 750 B.C. based on the positions of the Solstices and Equinoxes in that era.
The Roosevelt Washington maze-like inscription "maps" the full circle of the sky as a dog-like head shape with the eye at Draco's mid heaven. We have colored the cupmarks and line markings for easier understanding.
We decipher that petroglyph inscription below, relying on an image at Rock Art Oregon at http://rockartoregon.com/ with which we have no affiliation.
The Roosevelt, Washington, Columbia River Petroglyph Inscription
Deciphered by Andis Kaulins as a Sky Map of the Stars ca. 750 B.C.
The above decipherment by Andis Kaulins, July, 2015, in Traben-Trarbach, is based on online materials, in particular a photograph at Rock Art Oregon, http://rockartoregon.com/to-become-visible/category/Motif.
As written at Rock Art Oregon (paragraphed by us into smaller paragraphs for easier reading):
"In the early 1920s an Oregon newspaper announced discovery of “Picture Writings” near Roosevelt, Washington, on the Columbia River. A popular 1921 volume, Oregon [1], provided drawings of petroglyphs from the site. The Oregon State Motor Association promoted the location as destination for vacationers, via ferry from Arlington, Oregon.Read more there.
Thus began “Glyphland” and nine decades [of] speculation, promotion, displacement, and documentation.
The John Day Dam project in the 1950s and 1960s sparked relocation of 27 of the riverside basalt boulders to a civic park near Roosevelt.
After forty years and visits by thousands, neglect motivated a 2003 move under the auspices of the Army Corps of Engineers, in consultation with tribal and park representatives, to [2].
In 2012 these 27 boulders joined other petroglyphs displaced by The Dalles Dam in the 1950s to become part of the Temani Pesh-wa Trail.
Today this display, along with the nearby Tsagiglalal [3] petroglyph, is a popular heritage attraction."
It is interesting to see how the dog-like head used as a shape to mark the starry sky here finds its later sky-marking corresponding animal head theme in our previously published decipherment of Machu Picchu.
THIS POSTING IS Posting Number 120 of
The Great Mound, Petroglyph and Painted Rock Art Journey of Native America
Roosevelt Washington Columbia River Rock Inscriptions at Horsethief Lake State Park are a Marvelous Sky Map ca. 750 B.C. in the Shape of a Dog-like Animal's Head Reminiscent of Machu Picchu