South West Dig

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:01AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Deep in the mountains and precipitous canyons of the Sierra de San Francisco of the Baja California peninsula in northwest Mexico lies some of the world's most spectacular rock art. The people who painted them remain a mystery .. believed by some to have been a race of giants. Let’s look at the sites and you can decide for yourself – WERE THEY A RACE OF GIANTS ?

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #1- Look at this map and tell us where is Baja California? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #2 – What date is the oldest evidence of human life in Baja – how many years ago? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #3 - The rock art we will examine was painted approximately how many years ago ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #4 – One of the most remarkable features of the rock art is its SIZE. How big are some of the murals? Try to imagine that size our in your school yard or neighborhood! button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #5- Where did the pigment – colors – used to make the rock art murals come from? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #6 – When the Spanish first saw the rock art, who did they think had made it? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #7 – Who did the native people think created these vast paintings? And why do you think that is what they thought? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #8 – What animals does the article say are depicted in the murals ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #9 – What has UNESCO done to help preserve these remarkable signs of Ancient Southwest culture? button button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 22, 8:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #10 – How do you think these paintings were created at such a large scale …. WERE they a race of Giants ? If they were, what evidence is there – or is missing – that might prove it? Or is there another explanation?

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