Archeological Site CA-INY-134

Archeological Site CA-INY-134, in Inyo County, California near Olancha, California, is an archeological site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The site is located in the Coso Range 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Coso Hot Springs.[2] It has also been known as Ayer's Rock Pictograph Site, as Bob Rabbit's Pictographs, as INY-134 and as INY-105. Prehistorically, it served as a camp and as a ceremonial site.[1] The site includes three pictograph panels carved into a monolith. The pictographs are painted in a variety of colors and depict animal and human figures.[2][3]

Archeological Site CA-INY-134
Nearest cityOlancha, California
Area9.1 acres (3.7 ha)
NRHP reference No.03000116[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 2003

A 9.1-acre (3.7 ha) area was listed on the NRHP in 2003.[1]

The site was described by David S. Whitley, Tamara K. Whitley, and Joseph M. Simon in a 2005 publication of the Maturango Museum, located in Ridgecrest, California.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Garfinkel, Alan P.; Geron Marcom; Robert A. Schiffman (November 26, 2006). "Culture Crisis and Rock Art Intensification: Numic Ghost Dance Paintings and Coso Representational Petroglyphs". Archived from the original on May 6, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  3. Whitley, David S. (1987). "Socioreligious Context and Rock Art in East-Central California" (PDF). Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 6: 159–188. doi:10.1016/0278-4165(87)90010-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2013.

Further reading
  • Whitley, David S., Whitley, David S., Tamara K. Whitley, and Joseph M. Simon (2005) The Archaeology of Ayers Rock (CA-INY-134), California. Maturango Museum Publication Number 19, Ridgecrest, California: Maturango Press. ISBN 0943041120, 9780943041124 (243 pages).


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