IT IS A LARGE FLAT ROCK IN EASTERN UTAH WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST KNOWN COLLECTIONS OF PETROGLYPHS. THE GLYPHS ARE ON A 200 SQUARE FOOT ROCK OF SANDSTONE ALONG INDIAN CREEK CANYON. IT IS NOW AN HISTORICAL MONUMENT WITH A FENCE SO NO GRAFFITI CAN FURTHER DEGRADE IT. THERE ARE SUPERIMPOSED GLYPHS OF HUMANS, ANIMALS, ABSTRACT GLYPHS, AND GEOMETRICS, A SHAMAN MAN, A HERD OF DEER, A HUNTER SHOOTING HIS PREY AND A HORSE AND MANY UNDECIPHERED GLYPHS.
THEY ARE ETCHED ON A PATINATED SANDSTONE WALL THAT I HAVE VISITED IN THE 70'S. ARCHAEOLOGISTS PROPOSE THAT THEY DATE TO AT LEAST 1500 YEARS AGO.. ARCHAIC, BASKETMAKER, FREMONT, AND PUEBLOAN CULTURES LEFT THERE MARK AS DID HISTORIC NAVAJO TRIBESMEN.
I ALSO VISITED MANY ROCK ART SITES ALONG THE SAN JUAN AND IN THE FOUR CORNER AREA.
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