MS Pictographs 1, Emery County, UT. Some interesting but faded pictographs that look to be mostly Ba
MS Pictographs 1, Emery County, UT. Some interesting but faded pictographs that look to be mostly Barrier Canyon Style. Slide 1 shows the rainbow-type motif that can be found at numerous sites in the area, often with figures below the arching lines. What’s especially interesting about this particular panel is the arch-shape has smaller arches with figures beneath it. I’m guessing the right side of the image had the same repeating design, but is now almost completely faded. Slide 2 has some typical Barrier Canyon hollow-eyed anthropomorphs (The “crown” above one of the figures is made of fingerprints). Slide 3 is greatly faded but shows a white pigment that has withstood the test of time better than the iron oxide color, though this white may have been a later addition. Notice the large horned head in the bottom right. These pictographs don’t have as much of an overhang above them as many other sites, so their exposure to the elements has really worn them down. I can only imagine how fantastic these must have looked when they were originally created thousands of years ago. -- source link
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