Patterned body anthropomorphic figures. All images are from the article:
- A. P. Garfinkel, D. R. Austin, D. Earle, and H. W. (Wokod), “Myth, ritual and rock art: Coso decorated animal-humans and the Animal Master,” Rock Art Research, vol. 26, iss. 2, pp. 179-197, 2009.
[Bibtex]@Article{GarfinkelAustinEarleWokodMyth2009, author = {Alan P. Garfinkel and Donald R. Austin and David Earle and Harold Williams (Wokod)}, title = {Myth, ritual and rock art: Coso decorated animal-humans and the Animal Master}, journal = {Rock Art Research}, year = {2009}, volume = {26}, number = {2}, pages = {179-197}, month = nov, abstract = {Recent interpretations of rock art have often focused on these images as a somewhat exclusive record of shamanic experiences. Consideration of decorated animal-human figures (Patterned Body Anthropomorphs - PBAs) within the Coso Rock Art Complex in eastern California, in conjunction with the mythology of Kawaiisu, other Numic, and Tubatulabal groups, suggests an alternative (or perhaps complementary) view. Coso PBAs may be representations of an important supernatural – possibly the netherworld master of the animals. This interpretation, if valid, provides further support for Coso rock art as a manifestation of a hunting religion complex. Such a complex prominently featured animal ceremonialism and functioned in part as a means to envision a supernatural agent that had special powers controlling the movements of animals and restoring game to the human world.}, file = {GarfinkelAustinEarleWokodMyth2009.pdf:media/trismegisto/Vitamin/Documents/Bibliography/GarfinkelAustinEarleWokodMyth2009.pdf:PDF}, timestamp = {2016-05-02}, url = {https://web.archive.org/web/20160117082945/http://petroglyphs.us/article_myth_ritual_and_rock_art.htm} }
I’ll attach the most relevant figures from the article:
Figure 3. PBA petroglyph appearing to have an atlatl or spear, dart foreshaft, concentric circle face, fringed garment, avian legs and feet, associated lizards (horned toad or chuckwalla), and large snake. The central figure has been re-pecked as is evident from the difference in the fresher and brighter patina of the larger PBA element versus the more ancient associated zoomorphic elements.
Figure 4. PBA petroglyphs are found in panels rendered on canyon walls and depicted on isolated boulders. PBAs are often manufactured in association with bighorn sheep images; possibly more so than other types of figures. Two PBAs are depicted on this boulder, the smaller one is faint and less distinct. Two bighorn sheep with side view swept back horns also adorn the boulder.
Figure C. Dinwoody Tradition Cannibal Owl petroglyph from the Wind River area.
Figure 6. Sketches of characteristic and representative examples of Coso Range Patterned Body Anthropomorph petroglyphs. Images come from elements located within the rock art galleries in Little Petroglyph, Big Petroglyph, and Sheep Canyons. Images range in size from the largest at three to four feet in length and the smallest being just under a foot.
Figure 7. Sketches of characteristic and representative examples of Coso Range Patterned Body Anthropomorph petroglyphs. Images come from elements located within the rock art galleries in Little Petroglyph, Big Petroglyph, and Sheep Canyons. Images range in size from the largest at three to four feet in length and the smallest being just under a foot.
Figure 8. Sketches of characteristic and representative examples of Coso Range Patterned Body Anthropomorph petroglyphs. Images come from elements located within the rock art galleries in Little Petroglyph, Big Petroglyph, and Sheep Canyons. Images range in size from the largest at three to four feet in length and the smallest being just under a foot.
Figure 9. Comparison of an actual bird foot (e) with implied bird feet (a, b, c) and three- digit non-bird feet (d) in various rock drawings throughout the American Southwest.
a- Wading bird petroglyph, Hohokam Culture, Sears Point. Arizona.
b- Coso petroglyph PBA with bird-like feet, Upper Renegade Canyon, Coso Range.
c- Wading bird petroglyph, Puerco Ruin, Arizona.
d- Anthropomorph petroglyph, Picacho Mountains, Arizona.
e- Drawing of red-tailed hawk foot based on photo.
Figure 10. Yahwera Kahniina, home of the Kawaiisu Animal Master and location of the entrance portal to the Animal Underworld. Back Canyon pictograph panel is located on a limestone dike in Walker Basin, California. Right plate is an unretouched panel as it looks currently, left plate is panel with “d-stretch” software program applied so that images are enhanced (Harmon 2009). Central figure is 4 feet in height.
Figure 12. Pen and ink drawing of Yahwera panel with a side by side comparison with Coso PBA panel from Little Petroglyph Canyon (aka Renegade Canyon). Scale of Coso PBA enlarged to allow a direct comparison with Back Canyon image.
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