California Earthquakes and California Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs have not generally been interpreted as a reflection
of earthquake or volcanic activity, but a recent article in
American Scientist suggests that California's earliest "writings"
may in fact provide a record of California's earliest historic
earthquakes and volcanic activity.
The article can hopefully be found at here. If the link doesn't work, visit the American Scientist home page and search the archive for the July-August, 2004, "Macroscope" essay.
A Photo Gallery of California Petroglyphs
The photos below were taken at Coso and the so-called Suprise
Tank Site in the Mojave Desert, southeast of Daggett and northeast
of Lucerne Valley. More information on these sites can be found at
Bureau of Land Management (Surprise Tank)
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest (Coso)
Photos
Coso shaman figures
Coso lava flow?
Bad hair day shaman
Coso sheep (no inferred connection to earthquakes, just nice sheep)
Wiggly lines at Coso
Earliest California seismogram? (Surprise Tank)
Wiggly lines (Surprise Tank)
More wiggly lines (Surprise Tank)
Still more wiggly lines (Surprise Tank)
Just passing by (no inferred connection to earthquakes)
