

Nabokov) Restoring a Presence: Indians and Yellowstone National Park Author, Thunder and Herds: Rock Art of the High Plains Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, American. Francis), Mountain Spirit: The Sheep Eater Indians of Yellowstone (w/P. Cultural Resource Management, Department of Anthropology, New Mexico State University Co-Author (w/ J. 1859-60ĪND OCCASIONALLY AT SANTA FE WOMEN’S CLUBĪnthropological Archaeologist Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College/Columbia University Author, The Making of Made People: The Prehistoric Evolution of Hierocracy Among the Northern Tiwa of New Mexico and An Archaeology of Doings: Secularism and the Study of Pueblo Religion Extensive research in Rio Grande del Norte National MonumentĪnthropologist and Archaeologist of the Intermountain West President, Sacred Sites Research, Inc. The object’s frayed ends suggest it might be a net or snare – or some sort of object of power.ANCIENT SITES ANCIENT STORIES 2020 Principal Chiefs of the Arapaho Tribe by James Dempsey Hutton, c. Attached to the anthropomorphic figure’s right hand is a set of grid-like crossed lines that are larger than the figure itself. Its straight arms project away from the body, and each ends in four disproportionately large, splayed fingers. “Shown in full-frontal view, the figure has an elongated, ovoid body to which an inverted set of U-shaped legs is attached. Loendorf says about the “Zookeeper” figure in his book Thunder and Herds: Rock Art of the High Plains: Is the mystery man a shaman? Or a hunter? Does this petroglyph panel celebrate a successful hunt? Or express hope for future successful hunts?

Known as the Zookeeper Site, this rock art panel consists of one mysterious human figure surrounded by 47 wild animals. Deep in the rugged canyons of southeastern Colorado, hidden between giant boulders and a jagged ledge, is “Zookeeper.”Ībout 1,000 years ago, a primitive artist (or artists) pecked a stunning mural into a golden sandstone wall.
