CA-TUL-19
Hoffman's 1882 sketch of the rock art seen at the site.
LocationTule River Reservation, Tulare County, California, United States
Nearest cityPorterville, California
Coordinates36°1′53″N 118°42′54″W / 36.03139°N 118.71500°W / 36.03139; -118.71500
Governing bodyTule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation

Painted Rock is an archaeological and sacred site of the Yokuts of the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation in Tulare County, California.[1][2] Painted Rock contains petroglyphs visited and described by Walter James Hoffman in 1882[3] and by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1903.[4] One image, of several humanoids, has been interpreted as "an entire Bigfoot family".[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Painted Rock Campground". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Strain 2012 p. 1
  3. ^ Powell, J. W., ed. (1893). Tenth Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888–'89. Washington, DC: G.P.O. pp. 52–57, 637–639.
  4. ^ Merriam, C. Hart (December 1967). Heizer, Robert F. (ed.). Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes: Ethnological Notes on Central California Indian Tribes (PDF). Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey. Vol. 68, part III. University of California, Berkeley. pp. 412–413.
  5. ^ Strain 2012 p. 2

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