A Supplicator or Praying figure in San Diego?? Are there other such Pictographs or Petroglyphs in San Diego or Imperial Counties?

This faint pictograph was in a series of shelters at ground level in very east San Diego County.  It was facing east near the entrance to the shelter.  The shelter entrance was blocked by vegetation.  Interestingly, far back in the maze of shelters is a black anthropomorph on the ceiling.  It was a more typical limbs spread pose, in a room that would receive setting Sun exposure.  That room did contain a prayer stick and some quartz crystals.  The photos include how the pictograph appears without any processing and after digital enhancement including D-stretch.

 

 

 

 

 

While similar to Supplicator figures in Utah [ie, Black Dragon Canyon in Utah's San Rafael Swell], the meaning of such a figure in Kumeyaay culture may be different.  Still, its a motif I have not seen locally.  Would appreciate any feedback from the members on their experiences or thoughts.  Are there other examples in Southern California?

Another variant of Kumeyaay art - enhanced with D Stretch. San Diego Country/Southern California Rock Art.

Rock Art lovers.  The more I actually look for rock art in Kumeyaay territory, the more I become surprised at the diversity of this "style".  This is a very light petroglyph in a catacomb shelter featuring several rooms.  This element is on the ceiling above several prayer sticks along with some other features, mostly anthropomorphs.  Most of the elements have an open box like feature.  Other shelters nearby that have pictographs or petroglyphs appear to have been drawn by the same individual or a copyist.  Is it possible, since the petroglyph is high up on a mountain, that this is some rendition of the constellation Orion?  It apparently played a role in the Kumeyaay calendar.  The "belt" of Orion is missing, but certainly the rest of the petroglyph is compatible.

Unusual local Kumeyaay pictograph. Jacumba Mountains in San Diego Country - Rock Art.

Obviously, a D-stretched version of a nearly invisible pictograph from the local transition zone [mountain to desert].  All I could see were some black lines and a speckle of red prior to DS processing.  I want to call this a bouquet of flowers, but interpretations have often been my downfall, so I must be learning.  This site is high above a village at the top of a ridge.  Off to the right is a pictograph that resembles a Vulva in black.  A large pot drop is a few feet away.  Whatever the image may actually be, it is very beautiful, so it is worth sharing.  More at the next meeting.  I am off to the desert to find some additional sites in a few minutes. It is COLD!  Hope to see you out there.