Utah Pictographs

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Jun 7, 2022 10:27:22 GMT -7 @win said:

One of my favorite things is visiting Rock Art sites. There's a lot of speculation on what they mean, maybe just doodles but doubtful. These are on the Arizona Strip, not far from our home. Craig Childs is a good writer and gets out to special sites with "experts", he just finished a new book "Tracing Time - Seasons of Rock Art on the Colorado Plateau", it's very good.

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Jun 8, 2022 8:36:07 GMT -7 @win said:

Jun 8, 2022 4:18:21 GMT -7 @liveoak said:

The pictographs are pretty cool.

Patty

All of the above are Pertroglyphs, created by chipping the image into the rock. Pictographs are images drawn with paint or in some cases mud. Each geographic area had a unique style, some overlapping. The ones I posted would be considered Virgin/Kayenta, I think VegasJames. too.

Horseshoe Canyon in Utah has some of the most amazing Pictographs, Barrier Canyon Stye. I hiked this twice quite a few years ago, won't be going back, it's a tough one for an old guy.

These are life size, the Great Ghost panel


Another panel:



Amazing:

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Jun 20, 2022 13:02:22 GMT -7 @markb said:

The Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon, Utah, previously shown by @win , are indeed life sized.

Nine Mile Canyon, Utah, has some impressive panels too.  But DON'T go in July!!!  Uggg!  

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Jun 21, 2022 8:13:28 GMT -7 @win said:

@mark Very cool that you visit these sites, too. Nine Mile is a real treasure, thousands these works. I've visited twice and only brushed the surface.

We were able to visit an excavation site in Nine Mile:

The "Pregnant Buffalo", Nine Mile: