Cane Man Petroglyphs

Cane Man Petroglyphs

I met up with Dan, Bill and Barbara to check out some petroglyphs in western Nevada. This is a very interesting site near an ancient lakebed. The petroglyphs on one rock are known as “Cane Man” and are unique and seemingly quite out of place with the rest of the Great Basin styles I’ve seen. I would be happy to hear your thoughts on this rock. We have since returned a few times to this site and found more petroglyphs hidden in these hills. I have added those photos here.

We find a few petroglyphs at the end of this ridge. We find a few petrog...
The ones here are generally faint. The ones here are ge...
Most are small and abstract. Most are small and a...
All of these glyphs are by an ancient lakebed and I'm guessing they could be from that time. All of these glyphs ...
Some anthropomorphs. Note the very faint one on the left. It is so old that a piece of the rock broke off and has been re-varnished. Some anthropomorphs....
We wander away from the hills to a lone outcrop. Behind this rock of petroglyphs, you can see a flat rock with a surface where the desert varnish has been rubbed off. We wander away from ...
A few circles on this isolated rock outcrop. A few circles on thi...
This lone rock is heavily worked. This lone rock is he...
Another look at that rubbed surface. Another look at that...
Back over near the ridge, I spot a very faint petroglyph. Back over near the r...
More very faint petroglyphs. More very faint petr...
There are some faint long lines here. There are some faint...
We came across this interesting panel. Looks like coyotes. So we've been calling it the 'Coyote Panel'. We came across this ...
Hard to tell on this rock. Hard to tell on this...
Wandering around we find more petroglyphs. Wandering around we ...
Some very faint ones. Some very faint ones.
This is an interesting set of figures we missed the first 2 trips out here. This is an interesti...
Closer view. Closer view.
A lone rock and petroglyph. A lone rock and petr...
Another lone rock, away from the others. Another lone rock, a...
Two petroglyph panels here. Two petroglyph panel...
Interesting designs. Interesting designs.
Lower flat panel of petroglyphs. Abstract designs. Lower flat panel of ...
Interesting how this panel is lighter. Interesting how this...
Faint petros abound. Faint petros abound.
Some lighter and some darker. Some lighter and som...
Many faint ones. Many faint ones.
Very faint petroglyphs. Very faint petroglyphs.
Finally, we come into the cove that has "Cane Man" rock. Finally, we come int...
This lone boulder has some very unique petroglyphs on it. I have never seen anything like this before. What are the circles? Do you see a man with a cane? Note how the figures are all in side view and in motion. This lone boulder ha...
None of the surrounding rocks have petroglyphs on them. None of the surround...
Bill and Barbara pose next to Cane man rock. Bill and Barbara pos...