Stolen Pictograph of Earth Medicine Man

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How in the world would someone steal that? :icon_scratch:
 

Two men could have picked it up, and had to place it in a four wheel drive, the only access that the parasitic *******s could have used.
FEMF
 

Hmm, that looks to be WAY too large for just 2 people to lift if I'm seeing the photo as I should. Just my opinion
 

It looks bigger than it is, about two feet by two and a half feet or so, two large men could have carried, or rolled it a few feet to the transport, that they had to have used because of it's original location.
FEMF
 

Appears to be the only pictograph in the area. Some kind of marker? Looks like relatively new damage to the lower portion prior to this theft.
V
 

I really hate to hear stuff like that! Hard to wrap my brain around someone(s) who value things like that pictograph rock for nothing more than it's monetary value. Truly a shame
 

Hope the guy gets caught and does jail time.
 

I really hate to hear stuff like that! Hard to wrap my brain around someone(s) who value things like that pictograph rock for nothing more than it's monetary value. Truly a shame

We are losing our State antiquity by the day hear in Arizona to theft, and even by the State and Cities. Cave Creek Road and SR 101 is a documented Hohokam Fortress that is being destroyed for Granite to decorate front yards, than a dump until filled and then turned in to a golf course, the site has already went through the Courts, or this pictograph of a Cross that vandals scratched up to make it more visible and painted over as graffiti. FEMF
 

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hmmm 2 x 2 1/2 cu ft ?? if Granite, it weighs about 168# per cu ft. that could run to 840 lbs, perhaps as a kiddie I could do it, but not now.

Jose

Hello TTT
That rock is basalt and it is very heavy, but it can be lifted, and was lifted. Scott Wood is aware of the theft! Someone did not just walk up to it and carry it away. The Hohokam Fortress is North of North Cannon High School, South of SR 101, and West of Cave Creek Road, and has been documented. Dr. Todd Boswick told us that the effort to save it failed when the issue went though the State Courts a few years ago. The Cross is not the same site.
FEMF
 

G'morning FEMF; Shows that one must have their cuppa coffee to wake up before posting, Gracias. I used Granite as a sample, as you mentioned Basalt can be heavier.

And how is my Friend Scott these days? I thought that he had retired?

I have seen so many similar things, even small towns and missions similarly destroyed. In one case the base stones of a Mission from the 1600's were used to construct a cattle watering trough. Another mission was completely destroyed looking for the bones of a prominent person and his fortune which were supposedly buried in the floor, and on.

Don Jose de La Mancha
 

Hello TTT
Scott Wood has not retired yet. Dr. Boswick at Pueblo Grande did retire, and we all miss him, and his insight and wisdom. FEMF
 

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is this the same scott wood. worked for the yavapai tribe as resource officer in the 90's?

also..theft an damage to arizona's pre historic record is criminal.
{withholding rant till these people are arrested}
 

Hello SC
I believe this Scott Wood has worked for the Tonto Forestry for well over twenty years, and was to have retired a few years ago, but he didn't! FEMF
 

Hard to tell without seeing the whole path, But looks to me like
a Homemade Sled to Wiggle it on to,
A good Come-along, and a ramp onto the back of a pick-up would have done the trick,
without much energy
 

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