Rock Art of Utah.

 

There is something about Utah - it is a very special place.  I believe the people there have been dedicated stewards of the rock art.  URARA [Utah Rock Art Research Association] has been an exemplary organization for the education and protection of a massive and multi-cultural array of pictographs and petroglyphs.  One of the BCS pictograph panels I visited just a few days ago is shown below.  Believed to be 3000-4000 years old, it is still incredibly bright and detailed.  A long 4WD drive and a significant walk that includes some death defying exposure has helped protect it from the casual observer.

In one moment of day dreaming while I was walking, I tripped over an exposed tree root.  I fell off the trail into the saving arms of a tree rather than the slickrock platform below.  It all happened before I could think about it.

That false step aside, I want to thank the artist who worked 1000s of years ago in this beautiful canyon; a canyon with year round water, cooling alcoves, warming structures, and abundant edibles.  Thanks also to those who work so diligently in Utah and URARA to protect and maintain this magnificent panel and others like it.   I especially appreciate that URARA carries a direct link to this blog - I will try to continue to make it interesting for your members.  Thank you very much.

Click on panel to enlarge - copyright, Don Liponi 2014.