I’ve posted a photo of this particular petroglyph in Kane Creek Canyon before since it’s one of my favorites. I was having a little fun and experimenting when I took this shot….I like the way it turned out.
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Bear Hunt Panel
Since I didn’t visit any rock art this weekend for a change, I’m going to post a photo of this large bear found near Moab since I did drive by it yesterday on my way home. This is a well known petroglyph panel found near Moab along the Potash Road. The large bear appears to be a newer addition to this panel than the other figures and is actually superimposed over a few of them.
Shamans Panel
Here’s a portion of an amazing Basketmaker petroglyph panel located along the San Juan River near Butler Wash and known as the Shamans Panel. Currently, this is probably the best portion of the panel, however, if you walk along the cliff face you will find hundreds, if not thousands, of other petroglyphs in this same area. Unfortunately, a lot of the other petroglyphs are very faint and hard to see and photograph. This area must have been very important in the past.
Family Panel
Here’s a pretty well-known panel located in Nine Mile Canyon, among the many other rock art sites, known as the Family Panel. I guess that someone thought this lineup of figures could possibly represent a family, assuming that the family includes a scorpion, a desert bighorn sheep and some kind of shield-like figure 😉 No matter what this panel might represent, it’s still pretty cool to look at and study.
Spiral Arm
A unique anthropomorphic figure stands guard on a smooth cliff face above Buckhorn Wash in the San Rafael Swell. The spiral design under his raised arm is certainly unusual and I wonder what it could represent?
