Sentinel Bluff Rockshelter (Site Name Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jennifer L.B. Milligan. Linda Scott Cummings.

Sentinel Bluff Rockshelter is situated along the western edge of Turtle Creek in Tehama County, California. On an interior wall of the rockshelter are two negative hand pictographs created with a maroon-colored pigment that appears to have been “sprayed” around the hands. A small sample of the pigment was collected for elemental composition (pXRF) and organic residue (FTIR) analysis to determine whether the paint was made using organic compounds, mineral compounds, or a combination of the two....