New Mexico symbols

[RGINN]

Camped last night in NE New Mexico. Lots of 'bubbaglyphs' in this area but some others that make you go hmmmm. I've posted one of these here before. The carved face is pretty much modern but it had a certain bug-eyed mezo-american charm so I took a pic. The arrowhead was interesting. It's visible from what would have been a trail along the rim of the canyon. Only thing I could come up with is that if you go up on top of the rocks there are several basins that would have held water for a while after the rest of the country dried up. It's not like the native american glyphs I've seen that indicate water sources though.

 

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[tamrock]

J. T. backwards J ?? Jesse James Treasure Very cool looking place.

 

[RGINN]

Yeah, the anchor, J's back to back, which is purported to be a Jessie James' signature. However, after examinin it this time, I'm almost of a mind it is not two J's back to back, but two different markings. A T placed on top of an older marking just by chance. Still, if you walk a little farther on, the name Jessie is carved in the rock. I can pretty much guarantee you that one's from the 70's. 1970's, that is.

 

[tamrock]

Yeah, the anchor, J's back to back, which is purported to be a Jessie James' signature. However, after examinin it this time, I'm almost of a mind it is not two J's back to back, but two different markings. A T placed on top of an older marking just by chance. Still, if you walk a little farther on, the name Jessie is carved in the rock. I can pretty much guarantee you that one's from the 70's. 1970's, that is.

The growth of lichen - Lichen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - within the arrow leads me to believe it is an old mark. No doubt a hangout for many years that place. The face is incredible.

 

[RGINN]

This area has a lot of history. There's a couple of rock shelters that were utilized by prehistoric man. It was also a stop off place for travellers along the Cimarron cut off of the old Santa Fe trail. The area was used by Hispanic sheepherders. (Jose Eusebio Pacheco left his name over a 100 years ago) Some speculation Coronado passed through here, but I don't think that's verifiable. There's hundreds of carvings, and trying to sort out old ones from the new ones is a job. Plus, modern visitors are still adding their names and dates, sometimes destroying older markings.