Artwork That Really Rocks - Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs

rockhopper here and today i'm going to show you some artwork that really rocks [Music] [Music] we're heading off the pavement and we're heading up toward the petroglyphs on the dirt road here a little bit of a washboardy bumpy ride here in the lake mead national recreation area we're not very far from waffle and nevada and we've got about two miles of this road until we get to the trailhead parking area don't miss the left turn to grapevine canyon all right we're heading on up to the trailhead now well that didn't take long is only about a quarter mile there's some outhouses there and the parking lot right here we're leaving the parking lot behind us and heading up this wash on foot somewhere up ahead up there probably in that notch is where we'll find what we're looking for [Music] [Music] out here there are many panels to explore some like these easily accessible others not so much the area known today as grapevine canyon is considered sacred to many southwest tribes this rock arc was created around eleven hundred to nineteen hundred the meanings remain a mystery but some think it has to do with a story of creation nearby spirit mountain avi kwa ame in native language is said to be the spiritual birthplace of the mojave people it's not known if the mojave or their paleo-indian ancestors created the designs we see today looks like they stopped just shy of making this a marijuana leaf probably smoking too much pot and they got lazy must have been sativa because this is what they did after they smoked it must have been some pretty good stuff looks like a bullseye [Music] that's the tapeworm of your worst nightmare oh [Music] [Music] [Music] petroglyphs such as this one may look like an 11-armed starfish but out here it's more likely to represent the sun that's a funky humanoid space alien looking kind of petroglyph right there i bet this is why they named it grapevine canyon these are all grapevines [Music] can you see the petroglyphs etched in here [Music] that could be a snake right there i wonder what that is a centipede on a windy day with big air you can get an idea of the size of these ones here unlike other petroglyph sites that are mainly animals or human figures this place is filled with geometric designs that one looks like somebody wrote hi there are animals here too undoubtedly these represent bighorn sheep just above the sheep a human figure right there i hope you enjoyed exploring the grapevine canyon petroglyphs with me like share and subscribe until next time this is rockhopper i'll see ya [Music]