Water Glyphs (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Water glyphs are a recurring type of petroglyph found across the American southwest, but primarily in southern Utah, northern Arizona, and Nevada. The symbols are thought to be of ancient origin, (perhaps created by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples), and have been dated via x-ray fluorescence to 2,000 old by Dr. Farrel Lytle. Classification as a water glyph requires the presence of certain distinctive characteristics including both visual elements and location. Although the glyphs have likely been previously noted by local ranchers and farmers, the recurring pattern was first documented by Robert Ford and Dixon Spendlove of Fredonia, Arizona. To date, more than 340 instances of these petroglyphs had been cataloged in an extensive GIS study.