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Rock Art

 

I have always been fascinated by ancient cultures and have recently decided to start a photographic collection of different styles of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs. Represented in this gallery is a wide range of styles, cultures, and ages of rock art. Until more advances dating are made, radio-carbon and others, the dates for the pictographs are all estimates made from current research. The oldest representation is from the Barrier Canyon Style of UT in Horseshoe Canyon and Sego Canyon. Although a few pieces of paint from the Horseshoe Canyon rock art are dated from 2000 BC to 500 AD, artifacts associated with these sites date back as early as 9000-7000 BC! Yes, this would put these people in the time period hunting mammoths and mastodon across the SW. Other rock art images in this gallery are from more recent cultures and others are unknown in age and origin, all of which I have noted on the captions for each. The names for some have been given by archeologists, and many do not have names. Therefore, I have come up with some of my own.

The Great Ghost-UT
The Great Ghost-UT
The Sheep Herders-UT
The Sheep Herders-UT
Wedding Rocks-WA
Wedding Rocks-WA
Face-Yakima, WA
Face-Yakima, WA
Bird Petroglyph-WA
Bird Petroglyph-WA
She Who Watches-WA
She Who Watches-WA
Elk Panel-CO
Elk Panel-CO
Great Gallery-UT
Great Gallery-UT
Smiling Ghost-UT
Smiling Ghost-UT
People-Columbia River Gorge, WA
People-Columbia River Gorge, WA
Faces-Yakima, WA
Faces-Yakima, WA
Carnero Creek-CO
Carnero Creek-CO
Horsethief Lake Petroglyph-WA
Horsethief Lake Petroglyph-WA
Hovenweep National Monument-CO
Hovenweep National Monument-CO
Pregnant Whale-Wedding Rocks, WA
Pregnant Whale-Wedding Rocks, WA
Hunting Scene-UT
Hunting Scene-UT
Horseshoe Tower-CO
Horseshoe Tower-CO
The Great Ghost B&W-UT
The Great Ghost B&W-UT
Sheep-Columbia River Gorge, WA
Sheep-Columbia River Gorge, WA
Yakima Face-WA
Yakima Face-WA
Hovenweep House B&W-CO
Hovenweep House B&W-CO
Dog and People-UT
Dog and People-UT
Bison-MT
Bison-MT
Hunter-MT
Hunter-MT
Bear Tracks- UT
Bear Tracks- UT
Fertility Fish-Wedding Rocks, WA
Fertility Fish-Wedding Rocks, WA
Faces 2-WA
Faces 2-WA
Hands-UT
Hands-UT
Cascadia Cave Bear Paws-OR
Cascadia Cave Bear Paws-OR
Dogs and Deer-OR
Dogs and Deer-OR
Hunting Scene-OR
Hunting Scene-OR
Thunderbird-OR
Thunderbird-OR
The Water Monster-WA
The Water Monster-WA
Sego Canyon-UT
Sego Canyon-UT
Rayed Arcs-WA
Rayed Arcs-WA
Lake Abert Lizards-OR
Lake Abert Lizards-OR
Cascadia Cave-OR
Cascadia Cave-OR
Buckhorn Wash-UT
Buckhorn Wash-UT
Kila Bison-MT
Kila Bison-MT
Kila Bison-2
Kila Bison-2
Devil's Lake Pass Pictograph-OR
Devil's Lake Pass Pictograph-OR
Devil's Lake Pass Pictograph 2-OR
Devil's Lake Pass Pictograph 2-OR
Sunshine-John Day River, OR
Sunshine-John Day River, OR
Pictograph Lake-Hart Mountain, OR
Pictograph Lake-Hart Mountain, OR
Pictograph Lake 2-Hart Mountain, OR
Pictograph Lake 2-Hart Mountain, OR
The Water Monster-OR
The Water Monster-OR
Bighorn Sheep Charcoal Pictograph-Painted Coulee, MT
Bighorn Sheep Charcoal Pictograph-Painted Coulee, MT