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Ancestral Puebloan handprints and an anthropomorphic form, ~700+ years old. Navajo Nation, Arizona.

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The Archaic period Snake-in-Mouth rock art panel, believed to be at least 1,500 years old. The form on the hand is possibly a bird, on the left rain falls from a cloud. Note the three snakes. Calcium Carbonate has flowed down on the right side covering part of the panel. The blue-green pigment is unusual in Barrier Canon Style rock art and there may have been one or more other pigments that have faded away.

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The Rochester panel is a favorite of many for the numerous and exceptionally imaginative forms on it. Per Sally J. Cole, Legacy on Stone, Boulder, CO, 2009, p. 77, "Petroglyphs attributed to Archaic (Barrier Canyon Style), Fremont, and protohistoric/historic Ute groups." A section I love is the upper left with the lizards, bear, and the "bird in a swing" (my description). The rainbow is likely Fremont. The areas in white are where collectors took away part of the panel, note the section in the middle where someone tried to cut out a zoomorph.

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Abstract geometric designs and thin Glen Canyon Style 5 anthropomorphic figures adorn this rock, which rolled 90 degrees after the original art was created. (Photo rotated 90 degrees to show original orientation.) The small anthropomorphic forms on the upper left, featuring bird heads and pendant circle forms, are Ancestral Puebloan and were created after the rock tipped over. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.

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Ancestral Puebloan anthropomorphic figures adorned with headdresses, earrings, and necklaces. Some pigment has likely faded after 800 years of exposure to sun and rain. The central figure is approximately 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. Navajo Nation, Arizona.

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The Wolfman panel. "...Anthropomorphs, possible staffs or wands, paw print motifs (canine), wading birds, twined bags with horizontal stripes and carrying loops, and pendant circle forms...", Sally J. Cole, Legacy on Stone, Boulder, CO, 2009, p. 127. The "pendant circle forms" are common to see on panels in the region but no one seems to know what they represent. Ancestral Puebloan, Utah.

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Well preserved Ancestral Puebloan dwellings, note the fire stain on the ceiling and the white handprints. On the flat rock are pottery shards hikers have placed for viewing. Bears Ears, Utah.

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The Five Faces rock art panel in eastern Canyonlands. This is one of a series of "Faces Motif" panels found throughout the area. Ancestral Puebloan, Utah.

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Interesting here is the "conflict" scene in the lower right, unusual to see in Barrier Canyon Style rock art. More traditional are the two large mummy-like figures. The small figure below the sheep is likely a dog. The pecking on these figures suggests ritual modification, either by the original Barrier Canyon people or by later cultures like the Fremont or Ancestral Puebloans. Great Gallery, Canyonlands, Utah.

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This impressive rock art sits four miles up a remote rocky canyon—reaching it makes for a nice day-hike. What's remarkable is that this image is ~30 feet (9m) above the canyon floor and is part of a larger, weatherworn panel. The holes in the hands and feet and the bug-eyes are characteristic of this artist's style. This artist may have created other Barrier Canyon Style panels nearby, for example: https://mastodon.social/@PJ_Woods/114445593823581358.

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Rock climbers discovered this Barrier Canyon Style rock art panel in southeastern Utah decades ago (full panel not shown). Although exposed to the elements for over a 1,000 years the art is still vibrant. The central figure (~5 ft./1.5m tall) may be an animal with human legs and feet. Barrier Canyon Style art often features these human-animal mixes, which backs up the popular theory of shamanic correlations.

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I've seen coitus or birthing scenes, they're rare, but this is the first time I've seen them side-by-side like this. It makes clear the cause and effect. The wavy glyph on the right is much longer than it looks here, probably about ten times the length shown. Ancestral Puebloan, Southeastern Utah.

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Seeing rock art I haven't seen before is always a highlight for me, so I was happy to finally see this one. Some archaeologist refer to this figure as a wading bird but it is generally known as the Crane Panel. Ancestral Puebloan, southeastern Utah, ~3 ft./1m tall.

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Around 1980, archaeologist Steven J. Manning did a rubbing of this complex but faded Fremont painting, preserving the fine detail (F.A. Barnes, Prehistoric Rock Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 1982, p. 159). The pecked snake, the three birds in the center, and the "rainbow" are figures also seen in the Barrier Canyon Style, and the glyph over the rainbow looks Abstract Geometric, suggesting multi-cultural sharing.
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Rock art, pictographs and petroglyphs, over 1,000 years old. The faded red images are by the early Fremont people. The etched white figures were created hundreds of years later.
Sego Canyon near Moab.

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