Fort Irwin: The past in the stones

By James Williams (interview)July 8, 2008

Following geoglyphs on Fort Irwin
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Fort Irwin pictographs
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Fort Irwin pictograph
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Fort Irwin pictograph-era arrowheads
4 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Fort Irwin, Calif., archaeologist and cultural resources chief Luz Ramirez de Bryson holds arrowheads associated with Native American pictographs on a nearby rock formation. Photo April 10, 2008 U.S. Army Environmental Command photo by Neal Snyder (n... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Pictograph formation
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Fort Irwin Geoglyph rocks
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Geoglyph on Fort Irwin
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Fort Irwin petroglyphs
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Fort Irwin petroglyph circle
9 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Petroglyphs are often faint. Fort Irwin, Calif., archaeologist and cultural resources chief Luz Ramirez de Bryson points to a circular abstract petroglyph on basalt formation, Fort Irwin, Calif., April 9 2008. U.S. Army Environmental Command photo by... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort Irwin abstract petroglyphs
10 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Fort Irwin, Calif., archaeologist and cultural resources chief Luz Ramirez de Bryson looks at a circular abstract petroglyph on basalt formation, Fort Irwin, Calif., April 9 2008. U.S. Army Environmental Command photo by Neal Snyder (neal.snyder@us.a... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Petroglyph rocks at Fort Irwin
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A line from the past
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Shadow of a Geoglyph on Fort Irwin
13 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Rocks in a geoglyph formation on the Fort Irwin, Calif., expansion area, curve and branch below the Avawatz range. Most prominent: a snakelike shape in the right half of the picture. U.S. Army Environmental Command photo by Neal Snyder (neal.snyder@u... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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