Turtle?

[jtnm]

This a turtle or just native? I highlighted with white to show up better and inverted. Not sure since it does not have any legs. The tail appears to turn to the left. Would a turlte have the cross in the center? Looking for comments.
Never seen a red/white circle like this. How about the rock formation?
Sorry the pictures did not load in the order I wanted.

Thanks
jtnm

 

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[jtnm]

This was on the back side of the turtle cross boulder. It looks to be chiseled out. Not sure if they intended to make it have eyes or its just natural.

 

[mdog]

Here's a link about ancient trade routes through New Mexico.

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[mdog]

Directions and Colors

 

[mdog]

Jtnm,

In the picture with the red and white circle, it looks like the rock was prepared by smoothing it down somehow or layering it with something. Is that the case? Also, I live in the midwest so I've never seen anything like this, what would be used to preserve the color on the circle to keep it from eroding away? Do you see many of these petroglyphs with such bright colors?

Looking at the link I posted about the colors on the medicine wheel, the colors would indicate south-north. We've exchanged PMs about this glyph and I think the readers might be interested if you explained the lay of the terrain. It looks like a lizard head to the right of the circle looking south, but you should be able to tell if it was manmade or not.

The big rock with the hole in it looks like a huge eagle perched on a ledge. It looks natural, but it would still make a good landmark by a trail. You might want to check around it real close to see if you can find some carvings. Look a ways out from it too. If it was used as a landmark to indicate direction, it will be pointing to another marker.

I don't know what the turtle with the cross inside a circle would represent. I know there are a lot of readers from the southwest who read the signs/symbols threads. Maybe one of them will help. The lines on the other side of the rock might be some type of terrain map but only you can look at it and see if the lines copy any of the terrain features in the immediate area.

Your research will show you if there were any trails that went through this area.

I think we could all learn from you on this thread as you continue your search and post your pictures.

Rick

 

[Treasure finder]

Circle with the cross through it is sometimes a number 4. Beyond that I would want to follow the signs for a while
to get a broader picture.
Rich

 

[usernotfound]

This a turtle or just native? I highlighted with white to show up better and inverted. Not sure since it does not have any legs. The tail appears to turn to the left. Would a turlte have the cross in the center? Looking for comments.
Never seen a red/white circle like this. How about the rock formation?
Sorry the pictures did not load in the order I wanted.

Thanks
jtnm

not a turtle but birds.

What do you know about birds? Follow the signs.

 

[Shortstack]

A bird usually means "change of direction". Does that boot indicate a new direction??

 

[usernotfound]

This a turtle or just native? I highlighted with white to show up better and inverted. Not sure since it does not have any legs. The tail appears to turn to the left. Would a turlte have the cross in the center? Looking for comments.
Never seen a red/white circle like this. How about the rock formation?
Sorry the pictures did not load in the order I wanted.

Thanks
jtnm

In the picture with the hoyo, looks like the stump below it is pointing the way.

 

[Treasure finder]

Just an observation. Most of the signs I have followed are way more easily understood than most of the
signs I have seen on Treasure Net and they seem to follow a logical progression if they are trail markers.
I may be overlooking some signs, but I don't get caught up with signs that are marginal at best. The signs
that the Spanish made were made to last, don't follow signs that can't hold up to weathering.
Just my opinion, and I have done quite a bit of following.
Rich

 

[usernotfound]

Just an observation. Most of the signs I have followed are way more easily understood than most of the
signs I have seen on Treasure Net and they seem to follow a logical progression if they are trail markers.
I may be overlooking some signs, but I don't get caught up with signs that are marginal at best. The signs
that the Spanish made were made to last, don't follow signs that can't hold up to weathering.
Just my opinion, and I have done quite a bit of following.
Rich

Looks like that stump has lasted.