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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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