The real reason we came out to Iosepa was to track down Story Rock. This rock is pretty unique- it's covered in Hawaiian petroglyphs.
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| Story Rock |
We had about a 2 mile (roundtrip) hike to see the rock. I'm debating about how much info to put here, so let me know if I should add more or less. The rock is located on one of the Bonneville Shoreline benches east of Iosepa.
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| Sea Turtle Petrolyph and Whale Petroglyph |
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| Sea Turtle Petroglyph |
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| Whale Petrolyph |
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| Man in a Boat Petroglyph |
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| Shark Petroglyph |
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| Island Petroglyph and Holding Hands in a Circle Petroglyph |
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| Up Close |
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| Island with Palm Trees Petroglyph |
I couldn't figure out what this last one was. After looking at it for a while I thought it was a petroglyph of a crab. Studing it some more, I am now pretty sure it is one of a rabbit. Blogger turned it sideways- sorry!
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| Rabbit Petroglyph |
Nearest City: Iosepa, UT
Location: N° W°
Time Needed: 2 hours
Difficulty: Moderately Strenuous
Kid Friendly: Maybe?
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Very interesting! I didnt know this was out there, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI was there 2 days ago but not sign of where the rock art is i really want to go back and find them, which direccion i need to go? and how far i need to hike???
ReplyDeleteIt's up the hill (east) from Iosepa. It's been a number of years since I was there. I think it's about a mile or so.
DeleteThere were no petroglyphs there when I went in 1984 and in successive years. In the early years, many in our committee explored that area extensively. While there were rocks that fell from the cliffs, we did not see petroglyphs on them. They have only be "discovered" more recently. I doubt their authenticity as the people were literate and kept excellent records at the colony. Petroglyphs in Hawai'i were to keep records, when our language was not a written one. The Hawaiian nation was among the most literate in the world in the last half of the19th century. Children of Hawaiian parents, as well as western missionaries and business people, were all schooled through the medium of Hawaiian language. Our pioneers arrived their in August of 1889, petroglyps would hardly be an ancient artifact. Hawaii's petroglyphs dated back at least 400 years and further. There are none after Capt. Cook. Also compared to the petroglyphs in Hawai'i, the symbols on the picture rock are not symbols of the sun, turtle, canoes, men, etc. that Hawaiians used, they are probably a project by someone expressing their own artistic ideas of what petroglyphs were. The story rock also appeared at the same time those same symbols appeared on the partitions on the stage at the pavilion. The hype has played on visitors anxious to explore and really feels like a diversion to the Iosepa Association's attempt to preserve it's history. I do wonder why they have not conducted any scientific analysis to finally determine their validity before further taking apart Iosepa's history.
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