SanRafaelSwellMay2019SegoCanyonThiswasacollectionofglyphsfromthreeverydifferenttimeperiods.

Historic-Ute

Fremont

Thesomeofthenewerglyphswereplacedontopofolder,archaicstylepictographs.

Archaic/BarrierCanyonStyle

CarbonCanyon(NearGreenRiver)FremontStyle

BlackDragonWashArchaic/BarrierCanyonstyleandperhapsFremont

Gary,ourfearlessleader,showingthescaleofthepictographs.Mostoftheglyphsatthissitewerechalked.

Thisbirdfigurehasawingspanofover7feet.

HeadofSinbadArchaic/BarrierCanyonstyle

MooreCutoff

RochesterCreekTheRochesterCreeksiteisthoughttobeacalendarsite.See“TheParowanGapArchaeo-AstronomyReport,VolumeII,ThePathofDiscovery”byNalMorris,PublishedbySolarneticsInc.,2007.NalMorrisgaveaDAStalkthatissummarizedathttps://dixierockart.webs.com/Technical%20Presentations/Archaeoastronomy%20at%20Rochester%20Creek%20and%20Parowan%20Gap.pdf.

BuckhornWashThemainBuckhornWashpaneliscomposedofArchaic/BarrierCanyonstylepictographs.Thepanelwasheavilyvandalizedbutwasrestoredin1995.ThestoryofthatrestorationprojectwastoldtoDASbyReedmartin,theorganizeroftherestorationeffort.https://dixierockart.webs.com/Technical%20Presentations/Buckhorn%20Wash%20Panel%20Restoration%20Project.pdf

HorseshoeCanyonTherockartisprimarilyArchaic/BarrierCanyonstyle.

TheHighGallery

Therearepetroglyphsothispanelbelowthehorizontalredline.Theyarealmostinvisibletoseefromtheground,evenwithgoodbinoculars.

HorseshoeGalleryTheimagesinthisgallerywereofmixedagesandquality.Ourrangerguidementionedthatthefigureshapeswerenotconsistentwiththeotherbarriercanyonstyleglyphsinthecanyon.

Thishuntingsceneishistoric,perhapsevenmodernjudgingbytheshapeofthebow.

AlcoveGallery

TheGreatGalleryThefiguresinthegreatgalleryareallArchaic/Barriercanyonstyle.Thispanelhasbeenextensivelystudied.Geologistshavejudgedwallfacetobe4000to5000yearsold.Archaeologists,usingaChem-illumenessence(sp?)techniquehavejudgedtheageofthepictographstobegreaterthan1000yearsold.Thereforethebestestimateisthattherockartwasmadebetween1000and4000to5000yearsago.

OneresearchergaveDASapresentationaboutthegreatgalleryin2015.https://dixierockart.webs.com/Technical%20Presentations/The%20Great%20Gallery%20-%20January%202015.pdf.

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