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Description
Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument is in eastern Utah, located to the east of Canyonlands National Park on highway 211. It is 12 miles (19km) west from US 191 and 30 miles (48km) east from the park.
The 200 square foot (19 square metre) rock is a part of the vertical Wingate sandstone cliffs that enclose the upper end of Indian Creek Canyon, and is covered by hundreds of ancient Indian petroglyphs.
The petroglyphs have a mixture of human, animal, material and abstract forms, and to date no-one has been able to fully interpret their meaning.
There are over 650 rock art designs and the first carvings at the newspaper Rock site were made around 2,000 years ago, left by people from the Archaic, Anasazi, Fremont, Navajo, Anglo, and Pueblo cultures. These petroglyphs allow a glimpse of the life and world of the people who farmed the Puerco River Valley 650 to 2,000 years ago (Wikipedia).
This picture was taken in September 1993 and later scanned,
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Comments (37)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
jayfar
Brilliant capture. I have seen some of these on the cliff face beside the highway!
LBJ2
Fabulous image, and interesting facts.
bazza
Great capture Sig, don't try and interpret this as it is the kids drawing on the wall again. Mum and dad got feed up with them moaning there's nothing to do, while they were out farming, and they were told go draw on a wall or cliff face. LOL.
kbrog
Excellent capture and info! :)
MagikUnicorn
Love it thanks for sharing
crunch01
rotflmao bazza! lolol hey this is o way cool... when you think about it some things do not change much we all do the same thing here at RO great shot crystal clear focus!
flavia49
fantastic place and photo
drifterlee
It's their version of graffitti! Cool shot!
jocko500
"me kill deer here. Just follow the crooked lines and you be where I killed deer" there i just say what it say hahahahhhaah. I love to see stuff like this. wonderful image
Faemike55
Great capture Sig perhaps all it says is EAT AT JOES! and the rest is just paid-for testimonials
spiegel428
This is really, really cool.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful capture of early American wall art Sig!!
0rest4wicked
You got some great color out of the rock face, well done!
psyoshida
That is wonderful! I didn't realize the rocks were totally covered in them. Fascinating!
PREECHER
that is amazing and very interesting. thank you for this...excellent photo... chills and thrills
Richardphotos
outstanding capture and very interesting
Minda
stunning capture and info sig....
rachris480907
LOL! I know that some of the "graffiti," etc. remarks above were made in jest, but...who knows? Maybe the idle scribbles of some ancient doodlers is exactly what this is. You know, like those rocks and bridges and anything else solidly anchored in place on which teenagers like to write the letters of their high school and their graduation year, or tell the world who they love. No reason to think things were fundamentally different at any other age of history. Anyway, great shot and text, Sig! I always appreciate your posts! RUNNING BEAR + LITTLE WHITE DOVE TRUE LOVE
renecyberdoc
very nice capture.would be interesting to know what its all about.
auntietk
I'm with the graffiti bunch. I think it was a place that was famous for all the stuff people had carved there, and when an artist (or someone with a favorite doodle) passed by, they added their own thing. If I'd been there, you would see a spider in a top hat with a bow tie, perhaps, or a ladybug. Andrea would have drawn some of those feet, I'm sure, or one of her 'stares.' What a fun thing to think about!
nefertiabet
Fantastisch diese alten Malereien!!!
bebert
EXCELLENT capture !
rocdan
FANTASTIC CAPTURE GREAT INFO
casmindo
Looks like old Indian Graffiti but with a purpose nice job Sig..
UteBigSmile
Tolles Foto Siggi, das war bestimmt noch sehr lange vor der Zeit bevor der Mann mit der Bimmel von Dorf zu Dorf zog um die Neuigkeiten zu überbringen!
Leije
Very interesting shot and infos !
sandra46
TERRIFIC GRAFFITI FROM ANCIENT TIMES
Jay-el-Jay
A fine shot of this mix of images that developed from many cultures across time.
debbielove
Who's to know? Maybe the name they've given it, is actually what it was! There is a thought.. But this is fascinating, so very old! A great shot, well posted.. Rob