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Moab Area Rock Art
The Moab area abounds with rock art, stone structures such as dwellings, granaries (storage units) and kivas (ceremonial and community structures). Evidence of earlier use patterns consist of temporary camp sites, broken stone tools, pot shards and other implements. for more info San Rafael Swell Rock Art There is wonderful rock art along an "all" car accesible road. Many different cultures have left their presence here! For more info Nine Mile Canyon This canyon, now threatened with oil and gas drilling, offers a gallery of rock art comparable to the Louve in Paris. For more info. |
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Sego Canyon--Thompson Springs,Utah SuziQ ©2005 | ||||||||||
American Association of Rock Art Symposium June 2007 Utah Rock Art Association of Rock Art Symposium October 2007 August 2007 Colorado Rock Art Association Annual Symposium May 2007 |
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Take Care of the Rock Art | ||||||||||
The intriguing and plentiful structures, camps, and rock art are among the few mysteries left of an earlier time. Because these cultural sites are very fragile, when visiting them please always stay on established trails, and respect fences or guard railings. Do not climb or lean on the roofs or walls of ruins or enter cliff dwellings. In fact, it is best not to touch these ruins in any way. Particularly do not touch rock art. Oils on even the cleanest hands, over time, do irreparable damage. Making paper rubbings or tracings can also cause damage. Always camp, sleep and cook away from these sites. All remnants of prehistoric cultures including rock art, and artifacts on public and private land are protected by state and federal laws. It is never legal to 'take' any type of artifact from any site. Such safeguards are established to protect these irreplaceable resources. The BLM publishes a minimum impact guide to cultural resources which provides vital information for interpreting and protecting the remnants of these cultures. | ||||||||||
What is Rock Art
Rock art is markings, either painted (pictographs) or engraved (petroglyphs) on the surface of rock or geoglyphs (large figures produced by either removing the surface of the ground or alignments of stone on the surface of the ground). Rock art gives a unique understanding of the world view and culture of those who created it. |
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Rock Art Sites Accessible to the Public
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Arizona Canyon de Chelly Casa Grande National Monument Casa Malpais Deer Valley Rock Art Center Homolovi Ruins State Park Little Black Mountain Lyman Lake State Park Monument Valley Nampaweap Navajo National Monument Owl Canyon-Kaibab Paiute Painted Rocks Petroglyph Site Palatki Petrified Forest National Park South Mountain Park V-Bar-V Ranch Petroglyph Site Walnut Canyon National Monument Wuptaki National Monument California Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Blythe Intaglios Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park Little Petroglyph Canyon Colorado Canyon Pintado Carizzo Canyon Hovenweep Mesa Verde Picture Canyon Ute Mountain Tribal Park Vogel Canyon Nevada Grapevine Canyon Redrock Canyon National Conservation Area Valley of Fire State Park New Mexico Bandelier National Monument Chaco Culture National Historic Park El Morro National Monument El Malpais National Monument Petroglyph National Monument Three Rivers State Park Texas Hueco Tanks State Historical Park Seminole Canyon State Historical Park Utah Canyonlands National Park Capitol Reef National Park Buckhorn Wash Cedar Mesa Fremont Indian State Park Grand Gulch Horseshoe Canyon McConkie Ranch McKee Spring Moab Natural Bridges Newspaper Rock Nine Mile Canyon Parowan Gap Rochester Creek Sand Island San Juan River Temple Mountain Wash Thompson Springs Zion National Park |
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Rock Art Associations
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Websites of Interest
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