I found this Indian grinding stone or metate yesterday afternoon while on a hike in the Santa Barbara backcountry.
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Great site, I have been checking it for a while now. What a cool find
So does that mean you left the mortar? And was that sign at the site also?
if you could post this that would be great, I know you love the coast also,
Thanks
By great site I meant website haha
Hi Jack,
Please tell David Stillman and Blackcrownep to take down their pictograph posts.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-petroglyphs-theft-20121119,0,6886011.story
sad story
Hey, Anonymous, why are you telling Jack to tell me stuff? Why can’t you tell me yourself? And why can’t I be asked nicely? Why must I be commanded? And so what if I have pictures up? Van Gogh paintings have been stolen too, should we remove all Impressionist imagery from the internet? My pictures don’t have any directions to rock art sites, so I don’t see why I should take them down.