Rock-art image in Fern Cave, Lava Beds National Monument, California: not the AD 1054 (Crab Nebula) supernova. From: Antiquity | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Armitage, R.A.; Hyman, M.; Southon, J.; Barat, C.; Rowe, M.W. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Researchers since at least 1957 have attributed certain distinctive western US rock paintings and carvings as graphic recordings of a supernova that occurred on July 4, 1054 AD, whose remnants scientists generally agree is what is referred to as the Crab Nebula. Two panels of rock paintings in the Lava Beds National Monument in California, one at Fern Cave and the other at Symbol Bridge, have been listed as recording the AD 1054 supernova. Scientific analysis of the painting at Fern Cave conc...

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