2024-11-05T07:48:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149948887/anthropologist-discovers-hobo-graffiti-dating-back-almost-a-century Nicholas Korody 2016-06-01T17:55:00-04:00 >2016-06-04T20:33:42-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/av/avpg8t960956bih4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Anthropologist Susan Phillips had spent a career examining the graffiti that covers urban walls, bridges and freeway overpasses. But when she came across an unrecognizable collection made not of spray paint but substances like grease pencil and apparently left there for a century, she was stunned. Phillips had uncovered a peculiar, almost extinct form of American hieroglyphics known as hobo graffiti, the treasure trove discovered under a nondescript, 103-year-old bridge spanning the LA River.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More on graffiti:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131021521/detroit-issues-arrest-for-vandal-shepard-fairey" target="_blank">Detroit issues arrest for "vandal" Shepard Fairey</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/105478813/new-renderings-of-what-will-replace-grafitti-art-mecca-5pointz-emerge" target="_blank">New Renderings of What Will Replace Grafitti Art Mecca 5Pointz Emerge</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149938940/giant-calligraffiti-mural-unites-community-in-cairo-slum" target="_blank">Giant "calligraffiti" mural unites community in Cairo slum</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/141220311/leading-street-artists-weigh-in-on-the-gentrification-debate" target="_blank">Leading street artists weigh in on the gentrification debate</a></li></ul>