Puye was one of the ancestral villages of Santa Clara, San Ildefonso and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblos, occupied from about 900 AD to 1580 AD. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. There are extensive ruins at the base of the cliffs and on top of the mesa, with outstanding examples of early Pueblo architecture and stunning panoramas of the Rio Grande valley. The sheer number of cliff dwellings at Puye, and how far they extend, is overwhelming, indicative of a large community.
Reminder that cigarette butts are not biodegradable and infact made of plastic, they are the most commonly polluted plastic. So please If you smoke, toss it in the right place, thank u.
OP Site 5, AZ. Most of the rock art in this area is thought to be Patayan in origin (Specifically Patayan III from around 1500-1900CE) but there are so many layers on some of these panels that it’s hard to tell what’s what. There’s a certain frenetic energy to these busy panels, almost as if they’re just vibrating on the stone surface. Seeing this in a photo gets the general idea across, but the experience of standing in front of these profound remnants of past lives is just on another level. I’m underqualified to put the feeling into words.
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I was sick most of July. Not the COVID but it really delayed my plans to get up and running with my hiking and backpacking goals.
Found the perfect day pack. Excellent Walking sticks cause I’m clumsy. Lots of reading and researching on proper Leave No Trace hiking/BP, proper gear and clothing and the safety of taking these trips. I’ve even signed up for a class with REI to teach me some of the skills I need to backpack. Yep! The Gemini in me wants to learn all the things.
Planning my trip to Utah in September. I plan to SUB on the Colorado River, try canyoneering, Dark sky star gazing, and see as many of the National Parks as I can see in 12 days. Glamping, mostly. I’m not ready to car or tent camp just yet!
There are people who will really trigger the trauma that you have been hiding or that you've already overcame. They're cruel, they don't know the things that you've done to build yourself up again. The effort that you've put on yourself to keep fighting, even if you don't know where to start, even if you don't know how to, even if you don't think that you can. Just leave them, don't engage, don't explain. Just leave, for your peace.
According to oral history, the Acoma people lived on top of Enchanted Mesa before moving to their current village atop White Rock Mesa. In the summer, everyone would descend from the mesa to tend crops. The fields, and the springs that provided water, were in the valley below. According to legends, a thunderstorm washed away the sole access, leaving sheer rock cliffs all the way around, so they moved to a neighboring mesa, aka present-day Acoma Sky City.
SS Panel, UT. An impressive Barrier Canyon Style panel, roughly dated between 1500-7000 years old. This Archaic style has many trademark characteristics, mostly pictographs painted in red ochre, elongated bodies often missing limbs, animal companions… It would take multiple posts to list all the specifics associated with this style, but the overall feeling I get from BCS imagery is “otherworldly”.
This panel is not an easy one to get to, located up an extremely steep talus slope with barely any level surfaces to stand on once you reach the top. Whoever created this one wanted the image to be seen from a distance. The figures loom over the canyon like sentries.
The large rectangular glyph (Slide 1) could be a zoomorph whose limbs have washed away. The zoomorph in Slides 3 & 4 could be a bear or possibly a domesticated dog. I especially like the handprints below the panels that almost look like the creator wiped their fingers on the wall after painting the images
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