Patayan Rock Art? Western Arizona Rock Art. Searching for the roots of the La Rumorosa style. Southern California and San Diego Rock Art.

Dear Readers:
At the moment, I am about 3 months behind on working on images of sites I have visited. One of my teachers has suggested that the Kumeyaay La Rumorosa style may have had its roots to the east of Kumeyaay territory.  This is a small fragment of a magnificent panel in western Arizona, where, some researchers believe the roots of the  La Rumorosa style were born.  Others believe that the style developed more or less along the same timeline as the Kumeyaay style.    According to Broyles, et al. 2012 wrote on page 61: "...it cannot be proven whether the....rock art [below] was made by Yuman speakers (Quechan, Cocopah, Yavapai, Kamia/Kumeyaay), Piman speakers (Hia C'ed O'odham), or possibly their prehistoric ancestors..." [Patayan, in this case].

As a comparison, the first photo is as the element appears and the second photo is enhanced by D-stretch processing.  Click on photo to enlarge.  Please do not use photo without permission.   If you want to see a possible Quechan pictograph panel, another Kumeyaay art contemporary, come to the next meeting of the SDRAA scheduled for April 6th.   I will give a short presentation on a this site with an informative commentary by Ken Hedges that I can assure you will be lively and instructive!  How and where did Kumeyaay rock art evolve from?
Don Liponi

Notice on both paintings the red pigment has been over-painted with the black and I did not enhance it in DS for clarity.