Petroglyph art from the Eagle Mountain site. (Troy Scotter )
Posted on 09/17/2006 12:38:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
"It is some of the oldest rock art in Utah," Nina Bowen, archivist for the Utah Rock Art Research Association, said in a news release. "Its style is very unique." ...The most compelling piece at the undisclosed site shows what appears to be three figures holding hands and dancing, said Utah Rock Art Research president Troy Scotter... Scotter said the region boasts quite a bit of rock art - ranging from archaic (2,000 to 6,000 years old) to younger creations by the Fremont people (A.D. 500 to 1300). He said the dancing-figures petroglyph is likely Fremont art - although more archaic drawings were found at the Eagle Mountain site as well. "Utah has probably the largest concentration of rock art of almost anywhere in the world, certainly in the United States," Scotter said. "But west of Utah Lake is kind of an anomaly," he added. "Why is the rock art over there? Maybe that was a ceremonial site or maybe a site to get sunrise views. It's a good question, and we don't have a very good answer." ...Since the petroglyphs in question are on private land, the 1979 Archaeological Resources Protection Act affords the ancient art no guaranteed protection.
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Petroglyph art from the Eagle Mountain site. (Troy Scotter )
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try clicking on the photo in the article. That enlarges it.
Thanks, I'd tried that before, it didn't work. Must be the web staff there was a bit slow. :')
http://tinyurl.com/z8mda
The Winged Disc:
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/050519wingdisk.htm
Beautiful !!!
Interesting.
...so much so, I've considered changing the list name to Petrogods, Petrograves, and Petroglyphs.
http://historical.benabraham.com/assets/images/09serpent.jpg
http://fuliginouspalaver.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/fravasshi.jpg
I like the sound of that...
I did that & my browser locked up. Ctrl, Alt, Del, close... wiped out all of articles I had put aside to read. Grrrr One the bright side, "My Comments" survived. LOL
Top picture is very kewl. :o) The second link took me to a Tripod logo deal. :(
http://fuliginouspalaver.tripod.com/comingtolight/id1.html
I meant to show the Zoraostrian symbols, here's the link.
YIKES!
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