
Hey Rocky -- Petroglyph at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah

by Darin Volpe
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Hey Rocky -- Petroglyph at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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Flying Squirrel? Animal skin? Proof that the ancients had automobiles? We will probably never know the meaning of the ancient petroglyphs at Newspaper Rock State Historic Park.
Newspaper Rock State Historic Park is located in southeastern Utah and is one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs in the world. Petroglyphs are created by carving into a rock surface, as opposed to petrographs which are drawn or painted on a rock face.
The etchings in the sandstone at Newspaper Rock record approximately 2,000 years of human activity, including the Ancient Pueblo, Archaic, Basketmaker, and Fremont cultures. It also includes inscriptions from modern Americans with some pieces dated from the first half of the 20th century.
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September 17th, 2014
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