May 3, 2009 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Painted Rock Petroglyph Site, Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona Painted Rock Petroglyph Site is located on Rocky Point Road just northwest of Gila Bend, Maricopa County, Arizona   Vi dampede af til morgen med kursen mod Arizona og ankom til noget, der umiddelbart ligner en stor bunke almindelige klippesten midt i ørkenen. Ved nærmere eftersyn kan man se, at stenene er dækket af over 800 petroglyffer, det største af omkring fyrre sådanne steder i dette område. We set sail this morning, destination Arizona, and arrived at what looks at first glance like a large pile of ordinary boulders in the middle of the desert. Upon closer inspection one can see that the boulders are covered with more than 800 petroglyphs, the largest of about forty such places in this area.           Lance og et gammelt træ ~ Lance and an old tree

De ældste petroglyffer her er fra før Kristi fødsel, og motiverne er mere abstrakte og geometriske end de senere, som for eksempel "net" tegningen på denne sten. The oldest petroglyphs here are from before Christ, and the motives are more abstract and geometric than those that came later, like the "grid" drawing on the boulder above.         De fleste petroglyffer her er lavet af Hohokam indianerne igennem mange århundreder. Motiverne er simple tegninger, de fleste af mennesker, dyr og solen. Most of the petroglyphs were made by Hohokam Indians throughout many centuries. They are simple drawings, most of them of people, animals, and the sun.     Mennesker og firben ligner hinanden.... Man kan bedst se forskel ved at se efter halen... People and lizards look quite similar... The easiest way to tell the difference is by the tail... Til højre er en skildpadde og herunder blandt andet en slange. Above is a turtle, and to the left is, among other drawings, a snake.

For Hohokam indianerne, som for mange primitive folkeslag, var solen et symbol på gud. For Hohokam Indians, as for many primitive peoples, the sun was a symbol of God.         I 1846 kom Mormonbataljonen her forbi... Og så blev der også lagt adskillige kors til samlingen af petroglyffer. In 1846 the Mormon Battalion came by this place, and several crosses were added to the collection of petroglyphs.

Traditionen med at efterlade sig tegn her er fortsat op til nyere tid. Her har en "G. N. King" signeret en sten den 12. December 1912. The tradition of leaving one's mark has continued into modern times. Here a "G. N. King" has signed a boulder on December 12, 1912.                     D. E. W. Jan. 7, 1908

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