Markings

A good friend found this stone with the carving on it while out hiking in the mountains of Arizona.
He took me there to show me it and through our reseach we know that the earliest that the
Spanish were in the area was around 1520 and then again in 1540 but no records of anything earlier.
So, what does this mean?
With an arrow on top of stone I would say the 1508 has something to do with a distance.
But a distance to what and is it in varas a Spanish measurement during that time period?
A vara is approximately 33 inches.
You have a cross and a triangle below it so what does that mean?
There were no missions built yet in the area until Father Kino did in 1691.
There were three built around 1629 in now what is the northeastern part of Arizona and they were destroyed
during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt.
So, if the 1508 is in varas could it mean 1508 varas to a church treasure or mine?
We also found a few petroglyphs in the area which date back about as far as 1,800+ years ago.
What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
Greg Hawk


