A Rock Art Petroglyph and Pictograph Training Company

...the best protection for rock art
 is an informed and enlightened public.
 

We have secured a limited number of rooms for overnight guests at the discounted rate of $70.00 per night.

Use offer code ROCK3 if registering at the hotel.

 Seminar Location:

Heritage Inn and Suites
1050 North Norma Road
Ridgecrest, CA  93555

760 446-6543

Heritage Inn & Suites, Ridgecrest, CA

Renegade Canyon anthropomorphic petroglyphs

On Saturday April 14^th , participants will meet in the Flight Deck Conference Room at 8^AM for Power Point presentations, lecture and hands-on petroglyph & pictograph training by Dr. Alan Garfinkel and Donald Austin. There will be coffee and donuts provided in the morning and a short break between each presentation. At the conclusion of the seminar participants will have an increased knowledge of rock art, its meaning, the culture that created it and hopefully will view rock art with greater insight, understanding and appreciation.
 

The following Modules will be presented: (tentative)

The First Americans and the Clovis Culture.
   mod-20
Archaeoastronomy and Archaeoacoustics. mod-21
Dating Rock Art. mod-25
Bighorn Sheep Symbolism in the Coso Range and Great Basin. mod-28
      Lunch break
Oral Traditions in Rock Art. mod-22
Resource depression, Native American sacred
   ecology, and the overkill hypothesis? mod-26
Advanced Discussions of Rock Art Theory. mod-27 TBD  mod-xx
 

Renegade Canyon petroglyphs

Stylistic Evolution in the Coso Petroglyphs

The Coso Rock Art National Historical Landmark in southern Inyo County, California, contains an extensive variety of petroglyph motifs. It is clear that evolution has occurred in the designs, but assigning dates to petroglyph images is notoriously difficult. This lecture will describe stylistic evolution in the Coso petroglyphs, including the results of technical dating analyses involving cation-ratio dating, X-ray fluorescence, and obsidian hydration techniques. The results obtained are consistent with archaeological insights.

Coso Rock Art

Bio:
The lecturer, Alexander (Sandy) Rogers, is Archaeology Curator at the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, California, next door to the Coso petroglyphs. He had a 37 year career with the Navy at China Lake as a physicist and executive, retiring in 2002. In retirement  he returned to graduate school in archaeological anthropology, earning an MA in 2004. His research interests are obsidian hydration dating, Great Basin hunter-gatherers, and rock art, and he has published in all three areas. His paper on dating of the Coso rock art appeared in Vol. 37 of American Indian Rock Art, published by the American Rock Art Research Association. He is also co-author of Land, People, and Rock Art of the Coso Range, a popular overview of the Coso petroglyphs, published in 2009 by the Maturango Museum. Mr. Rogers is a Registered Professional Archaeologist.

Upper 1/3 mile of Renegade Canyon, easy to moderate walking.

The Coso Range has one of the highest concentrations of rock art in the western hemisphere and Renegade Canyon is at it's center. The canyon itself is 1.25 miles long and has a sand and rock floor. Spectacular displays of petroglyphs are found in clusters along it's length, mostly in the upper 2/3^rds . The hike is easy to moderate and the first one third mile suitable for most persons in average to good physical condition. If you choose not to continue down the canyon, there are comfortable and interesting places to stop and wait for others to return back up the canyon. The second one third mile is moderate to difficult and requires the ability to walk on uneven ground, scramble across rocks, and climb up and down chutes.

This Field Trip is to a site on a US Navy Base and may be cancelled by the Navy at any time. If that event occurs, a different rock art site, off the base, will be visited. Because this rock art site is on an active military base the following security regulations are in effect:

• All persons must be US Citizens and upon entering the base must show a picture identification and proof of citizenship. Proof of citizenship must be one of the following: a copy of your birth certificate, naturalization papers, US voter registration card, a current US passport, or a US Military Active Duty ID card.
   
• Visitors are required to provide their full name, Social Security Number, date and place of birth on the application submitted by the tour leader prior to visiting the base.
   
• Pets, alcohol, firearms & ammunition, glass containers and large vehicles like RV's and cab-over campers are not allowed.
   
• All vehicles and belongings will be subject to search prior to entering the base.
   
• All vehicles must be registered with current decals and valid registration, driven by a person with a valid drivers license and with current proof of auto insurance. 

Middle 1/3 mile of Renegade Canyon, moderate to difficult walking.

additional photos from
Renegade Canyon

A base Escort points out a particularly interesting petroglyph

this seminar is limited to 20 persons. You must register by 4/4/2012

 due to Navy restrictions
 Seminar registration
must be received by Rock Art 101
by 4/4/2012
 

pricing is for seminar only,
it does not include lodging, meals or transportation

How to register for this seminar.

Fill out the Registration for Renegade Canyon and Release of Liability forms and mail along with a Check or Money Order for the registration fee
 (make payment to Rock Art 101) to:

Rock Art 101
Donald Austin
4201 Duquesne #3
Culver City, CA 90232

or pay via PayPal to
amargosa@earthlink.net
 

Lunch in a shady area of Renegade Canyon

email any questions to:  Donald Austin  amargosa@earthlink.net
or Alan Garfinkel  avram1952@yahoo.com