Two of the photos offer a sense of the broader landscape surrounding this site, underscoring how important location is for understanding a site’s cultural context. (The image of the lone figure pointing with a hiking pole features Hank Meals, a Nevada County archaeologist and historian.) This is one of the three largest petroglyph sites in the northern Sierra. While many of the images were created by the Martis Complex (2000 BC–500 AD), other cultures added to the site over time. The bighorn sheep figure is especially unusual for this region, and the “buffed circle” motif — which appears to be more recent — is also atypical for the area’s rock-art traditions.