elaterite,
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A nice petroglyph from today's walk along the San Juan River.

#RockArt #Petroglyph #Archeology

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@elaterite To me it looks like someone playing on a flute, it is so beautiful.

elaterite,
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@ambivalena Good eye! Yes, that glyph, in several forms, is common in this area. It is often referred to as kokopelli or the humpback flute player. It's considered to be a fertility deity. But I don't like to try to interpret them. The images just are. The artist and what they were saying with their images have been lost to time, I think.

ambivalena,
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@elaterite Ah ok, and no need to interpret, it is lovely no matter what it stands for :)

elaterite,
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@ambivalena Yes, love seeing them. And ya, if Natives want to interpret them, that's one thing. But it feels too much like cultural appropriation for me to do it.

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