Another Interesting Kumeyaay Pictograph Approach! San Diego Country/Southern California Rock Art.

One of the things that helps my arthritic body is that the Kumeyaay often produce their art at ground level or close to it.  True, some "Solstice Sites" are up high, but, in general, most of their panels do not involve long upward climbs, or life threatening ledges so common in areas of Freemont or Anasazi culture.   To my surprise the "village" was located in roughly in the place it was supposed to be.  Even the Rock Shelter description matched, however, the described pictograph was no where to be found.  I crawled around in other shelters, but nothing.  As I walked out on a granite ledge, I took in the entire site, looking for possible overhangs or pockets that might hold a pictograph .  What I saw, reminded me of Utah and not the Kumeyaay. Twenty feet up in a pocket that was probably reachable by a ladder or tree was a small anthropomorph.  Since I usually only carry a wide angle lens, I could only take a photo from a distance and hoped that the resolution would hold up.  The figure is in black and is just above the 90 degree upward turn of the rock that creates the ledge where the artist may have sat.  Here is that image: [click on image to enlarge it]