While out on a trip with Roger Mitchell, we stopped to visit a little boulder cave out in the Mojave Desert. The cave is only a few feet long, but in the center is a large, flat granite boulder. Its surface is covered with cupules and edges polished smooth by the
The cave borders on the territory of the Mohave, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi and older cultures like the Anasazi. It’s not clear who made the pictographs or cupules or why. It appears to be a ceremonial site but the meaning behind the symbols here remain a mystery.
Cupule Cave
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Inside of a little boulder cave is a flat stone covered with many cupules.
Pictographs on the wall.
The pictographs here are hard to photograph.
Very difficult to make this out.
Atlatl?
False color to bring out the details in the pictograph.
Chains of circles.
White wavy lines.
Roger Mitchell at the cupule rock.
Last Updated on August 14, 2020 by Guy Starbuck
