Spirits in Stone by Glenn Kreisberg

Author:Glenn Kreisberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ancient Mysteries/North America
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2018-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

Petroglyph and Pictograph Iconography

All of the ancestral Native American petroglyphs and pictographs I have investigated in Peru and Chile as well as the southwestern and northeastern United States are located along areas of higher permeability. We have associated a variety of symbols (and some shaped structures) with specific characteristics of areas of higher permeability as follows.

Astronomical Alignments: These alignments can incorporate natural features on the horizon to serve as an observation point for the locations where astronomical events occur, such as the spring equinox sunrise. They can also include culturally modified features that are aligned with a distant natural feature. The culturally modified features are located along areas of higher permeability.

Astronomical Events: Some of these symbols appear to resemble stars, planets, and other celestial bodies and to document the occurrence of a particular event, such as the summer solstice. They are located along areas of higher permeability.

Beliefs: These scenes consist of images related to beliefs such as creation myths and birth rituals. They are consistently located on areas of higher permeability.

Cultural Images: These images are associated with a particular culture, tribe, clan, and migrations. They are consistently located on areas of higher permeability.

Hunting Scenes: These images consist of scenes regarding hunting, ambush areas, and animal migrations, to mention a few. They are consistently located on areas of higher permeability.

Incised Lines/Narrow Grooved Linear Lines: These images consist of parallel and oblique lines appearing in groups. Some groups consist of seven or thirteen lines. Their function is not fully understood. They have been centered on and along the margins of areas of higher permeability. Some researchers believe they date to the Archaic period. One interpretation is that the groups of seven are associated with the phases of the moon (seven days each between the new moon, first quarter, full moon, and last quarter) and that the groupings of thirteen reflect the annual lunar month cycle (thirteen lunar months in each calendar year).

Maps: In Peru and Chile, several researchers have documented stones that are shaped to resemble structures, sites, and irrigation systems. It appears they were used in the planning stage of construction projects. As of this report, I have not found any in the northeastern United States; however, we have found some in the Southwest.

Maps of Areas of Higher Permeability: These maps consist of pecked lines that document the trends and intersections of areas of higher permeability within the immediate area. In each case, I had completed my survey of the area before we located the petroglyph map. Then, when I compared my map of the flows to the petroglyph map, they corresponded.

Maps/Icons of Structures: Some images closely resemble those of structures, such as specific great houses and the number of areas of higher permeability that intersect them.

Meandering Lines: These images consist of pecked meandering lines that can also loop. Often the patina of the pecked patterns has basically faded back to the color of the host bedrock, which makes them very hard to see. This strongly suggests they are very old and could date to the late Paleolithic or early Archaic periods.

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