Case file · Sacred site
Painted Rock, Carrizo Plain
A horseshoe-shaped sandstone outcrop on the Carrizo Plain holding Chumash, Yokuts and Salinan pictographs, a ceremonial site visited for centuries. The year is approximate.
1000 CE · 35.15, -119.85 · status: official
The account
Much was damaged by vandals in the early 1900s; access is now limited to guided tours in the Carrizo Plain National Monument.