Yakima Indian Painted Rocks
- Yakima Indian Painted Rocks
Indian Painted Rocks is a tiny state park (approximately convert|2000|sqft|m2|-2|abbr=on) right outside Yakima, Washington at the intersection of Powerhouse and Ackely Roads. The Indian rock paintings, also known as pictographs are on a cliff of basaltic rocks parallel to the current Powerhouse road which was once an Indian trail and later a main pioneer road that connected the Ahtanum valley to the Wenas mountains.
The paintings were originally thought to be only a few hundred years old but it is likely they are much older than that - possibly over 1000 years old. A sign located at the footsteps of the short trail states that even the local Indians, probably the Yakama, do not know the origin of these paintings.
The rock paintings are stylized polychromatic paintings using white, red and black colors.
The state park was acquired from the Yakima Valley Canal Company in 1950.
In early 2007, the state parks department closed the Indian Painted Rocks park because of graffiti. There are plans to restructure the park in order to protect the painted rocks.
Further reading
*
*
External links
* [http://www.spokaneoutdoors.com/pr.htm Spokane Outdoors virtual tour of the Painted Rocks]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Painted — may refer to objects that have been coated with paint. It may also be used metaphorically for colourful or strikingly coloured , or have other meanings, as in the names of:Animals and plantsWild birds* Painted Bunting, Passerina ciris , in the… … Wikipedia
Pictogram — A pictogram (also spelled pictogramme ) or pictograph is a symbol representing a concept, object, activity, place or event by illustration. Pictography is a form of writing in which ideas are transmitted through drawing. It is a basis of… … Wikipedia
Петроглифы Якима — Один из рисунков в парке Парк «Индейские расписные скалы», англ. Indian Painted Rocks небольшой государственный парк площадью около 200 кв. м. в непосредственной близости от г. Якима в штате Вашингтон на пересечении дорог Пауэрхаус и… … Википедия
Nez Perce National Historical Park — IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) … Wikipedia
Native American — Indian (def. 1). Usage. See Indian, Eskimo. * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal A … Universalium
Climate change in Washington — Main article: Climate change in the United States Digitally colored elevation map of Washington. Climate change in the American state of Washington is a subject of study and projection today. Contents … Wikipedia
native American — native American, adj. a person born in the United States. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * ▪ indigenous peoples of Canada and United States Introduction also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, Indian, Aboriginal American, or First Nation… … Universalium
