Kern River Rock Art 
The Kern River, which runs through the southern Sierra foothills, is a
veritable treasure trove of interesting pictograph sites. Today, even
though it's cold, windy and wet, a small group from the Kern County
Archaeology Society will be exploring several of these. We've joined them
at Isabella Lake and are on our way to the best spot of the day. This site
is on a section of a vertical granite rock face which looks down on the Kern
River below and is composed of very large elements painted in black, white
and red. It's a Tubatulabal site named palakuc, which describes it as a
good fishing site. It was recorded in 1929 that there was also an old
Indian mound there that had since been leveled. If the weather holds, we
also hope to locate nearby a very unusual petroglyph location. Petroglyphs
are seldom found along the Kern River as this area is dominated by its vast
collection of pictographs. Finally, another small pictograph boulder
adjacent to a food preparation location will round out our day.
So, if you like pictographs and wet weather, throw a tarp over your computer and put on your rain jacket! The Dzrtgrls are headin' for the misty high country! Just squish, we mean click, on the photo link below whenever you've got everything waterproofed!