The Reservoir Site is less impressive than some of the others in this area, but it's still worth seeking out and visiting. We were only able to locate one small panel, with a limited number of petroglyphs. However, the markings here are still intriguing.
The image at the top of this page appears to show three anthropomorphic figures hanging upside down. There is one apparently older figure to the left, accompanied by two lighter, probably more recent, figures to the right (you can see them in detail in the image below). Of course there is a problem with this interpretation, since the figures have more appendages that a human would have, so it's possible that these are zoomorphs of some form.
The image above is a nicely represented typical spiral which may represent a journey from or to somewhere, possibly the underworld. Some believe that inverted anthropomorphic figures represent death, and that spirals represent passage to the underworld. This association of figures might enhance that theory.
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