Rock Art from Indian Paintings Tour
(Updated: February 17th, 2012)
Rock art is beautiful to look at and facsinating to think about what the images represent. This photo is one of the many rock art images that you can see on our Indian Paintings Tour. It is a petroglyph chiseled over an ancient pictograph. Petroglyphs and pictographs represent two distinctive methods for producing rock art. Petroglyphs are carved into an exposed rock surface, while pictographs are painted onto those surfaces. The two methods require different materials and the creation of petroglyphs requires more time and effort.
The rock art was created centuries ago by the natives that visited this area. It is unique because the petroglyph is actually chiseled over the pictograph. This technique is not usually found in rock art sites and it is the only known site in the Grand Canyon area that has this type of superimposition.
The subject material looks like it could be a depiction of a deer or an elk. It is a mystery of what it symbolizes but it could be a hunting scene or possibly even a talisman created for good luck. What do you think it looks like?
New Website Launched!
(Updated: February 8th, 2012)
“The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon – forms unrivaled even by the mountains, colors that vie with sunsets, and sounds that span the diapason from tempest to tinkling raindrop, from cataract to bubbling fountain.”
~John Wesley Powell
Grand Canyon Jeep Tours & Safaris, the Original Grand Canyon Jeep Tour Company, is pleased to announce the launch of its new website.
What makes the site unlike other websites is how we highlight our unsurpassed knowledge of the Grand Canyon. We wanted to be able to showcase each of our many tours and highlight what makes the Grand Canyon so special. There is no other Grand Canyon jeep tour company who can claim to have as much experience with and knowledge of the Grand Canyon’s unique geology, history and culture.
Additionally, this new website has been designed to be user-friendly, engaging, and informative by allowing visitors to access information easily and intuitively about us and our tours. We want our website to mirror what we offer our customers.