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Intaglios Along the Colorado River
Price: $60.00
| Date/Time: | Sunday, March 3, 7:30 am – 6 pm |
| Meet at: | Oasis Visitor Center, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 |
| Fee: | $50 JTNPA/PINE members |
| $60 non-members | |
| Instructor: | Daniel McCarthy, M. S., Anthropology, Director, Cultural Resources Management Department, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians |
| Hike Level: | Easy |
Intaglios or large figures laid out on the ground are one of the unsolved mysteries of modern archaeology. Officially classified as rock art, there are over 300 intaglios in the American Southwest and Mexico. Daniel McCarthy will lead this all-day field class to three sites to explore these larger than life images preserved on the desert floor. At the first stop, McCarthy will share stories from the Modern Mohave people and explain the cultural importance of a gigantic labyrinth, the Topock Maze. The best known of these are the Blythe Intaglios along the Colorado River that are famous for multiple human-like figures. The largest human figure is 240 feet in length! Participants will learn about these “gravel pictographs” and their significance. This is a great opportunity to visit these immense drawings with an expert archaeologist. Participants will drive 250 miles during the class, from Twentynine Palms to Needles and then Blythe where the class will finish. Carpooling is encouraged.
If you are a member of JTNPA/PINE you will get a $10 discount off every Desert Institute class. Please enter the registrants name exactly as it appears in our membership database. If you are not a member you can become one here. Simply add membership to the cart and choose the discounted class in the options above.
Each participant is required to bring a signed Desert-Institute-Participant-Agreement.pdf to the class. Download it here.
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| Additional Participants | You may register more than one participant in this class by changing the Quantity at the bottom of this form. Please enter the name, address, phone number and email address for each additional participant in the box below. |
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