Whistler Mountain Rock Cairns
by Jerry Abbott
Title
Whistler Mountain Rock Cairns
Artist
Jerry Abbott
Medium
Photograph - Metal, Acrylic, Canvas, Wood, Prints
Description
Piles of of stacked rocks at the top of Whistler Mountain in British Columbia.
“ Rock cairns are human-made stacks, mounds or piles of rocks. They take different forms, and have been built by cultures around the world for many different purposes. Cairns may serve as monuments, burial sites, navigational aids (by land or sea), or ceremonial grounds, among other uses. They may stand alone, in clusters, or in a network of related cairns; for example, as trail markers in a park.
Larger cairns can withstand time and weather, and archaeologists believe that some examples are hundreds of years old. Rock cairns are considered cultural features, or parts of a landscape built by humans. They're similar to works built with larger stones, such as megaliths, earthen mounds or stone geoglyphs, which are stones arranged to outline an image when seen from above.”
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December 1st, 2019
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