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The above photographs are of the interior of
two nearby small overhangs. On the ceiling (left photo) to the left is
a symbol that appears to be a bird flying above a horizontal line. This
motif represents an astronomical object arising above the eastern horizon; local native Americans suggest the Sun. The "medicine wheel" (right photo)
is similar to other medicine wheels found throughout the western United
States. Medicine wheels constructed of stacked stones/rocks are found
in Wyoming and are of the same wheel spoke style. The
much used term medicine wheel was given to most geoglyphs and rock-art
wheels because of the shape of a "wagon wheel." Was the "wheel shape"
used for medicine by the users of the site...that question still
needs to be answered.?
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The wheeled-figure in the above photograph is approximately one inch in diameter. "What motivated the artist to use such delicate detail in this pictograph?" The brush used must have been just one blade in width...perhaps a small feather?