"The Stone Calendar Project has been studying rock art sites throughout the Southwest and northern Mexico identifying glyphs that record specific times of the year using unique sun light and shadow interactions. We encounter a wide range of glyph images at all of the sites, helping us to identify the cultural origin of the rock art. The plumed and/or horned serpent is found at many sites, up and down the Rio Grande corridor, down into Mexico, and in the Four Corners region. In some locations the crested serpents appear to have horns, while in others they have both horns and plumes, and in some cases the crest is unclear. The plumed serpent appearance in the southwest has largely been attributed to infusion of the Mesoamerican plumed serpent such as Quetzalcoatl, from the highlands of Mexico. Horned serpents appear early in the Southwest and may have fused together with the plumed serpent to form the horned and plumed serpents seen at discrete locations in the southwest. This presentation will summarize the crested serpent rock art locations and regional styles, and compare them to other mural and ceramic images. Religious practices in the Pueblo World still include the crested serpents, and ethnographic records also provide contemporary images for comparisons to prehistoric rock art images."

Ron Barber was born and raised in the oil fields of South America, out in the middle of the boondocks. His parents hauled their kids through the mountains, deserts and jungles; always in search of new adventures. Encountering indigenous cultures and ancient sites led to Ron's long-term interest and curiosity about lost civilizations. He is an explorer by nature, an engineer by profession.

Ron is a Mechanical Engineer with over 40 years at the national laboratories; Lawrence Livermore in California and Los Alamos in New Mexico. Over the last 10 years he has focused an effort to study rock art throughout the southwest, specifically looking for glyphs that might provide insights into early astronomical knowledge. He has applied his engineering background to develop a systematic approach to surveying and identifying glyphs for potential study as well as developing 3 dimensional modeling of light and sun interactions.

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