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IntrepidXJ
12-27-2011, 08:29 PM
Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO (http://adventr.co/2011/11/san-rafael-swell-rock-art-viii/)

After spending Black Friday in Nine Mile Canyon (http://adventr.co/2011/11/black-friday-in-nine-mile-canyon/) I spent Saturday searching for and visiting some new rock art sites in the San Rafael Swell. After a quick breakfast in Green River I made my way over to visit the Prickly Pear Flat pictograph panel.

The Prickly Pear Flat panel contains a number of very interesting Barrier Canyon Style figures. Unfortunately, the rock surface they were painted on has not held up too well over the years.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6480250135_2e691a0642_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6480250135/)
Prickly Pear Flat Panel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6480250135/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

Here's another portion of the large panel that might be depicting rain.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6562474479_9c4ef3b2a5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562474479/)
Rain (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562474479/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

Here's a cool-looking flute player. There's some of those flying circles at the top, too.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6562507935_35400a37e8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562507935/)
Flute Player (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562507935/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

A closer look at another anthropomorph that appears to be holding some snakes...a common motif in the Barrier Canyon Style.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6585033805_15f53bf02f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6585033805/)
Puzzle Pieces (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6585033805/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

There's a few footprints and dots carved into the sandstone ledge below the pictographs.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6562488947_a17acbf1f1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562488947/)
Feet & Dots (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562488947/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

Even though part of this panel has broken off, the main figure looks like it was painted to convey movement.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6585053919_557eeb3f73_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6585053919/)
Walking Forward (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6585053919/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

I really liked this line of stick figures found at the site.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7147/6562417571_a17059474d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562417571/)
Stick Figures (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlngstrt/6562417571/) by IntrepidXJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlngstrt/), on Flickr

[i]After hiking back to my Jeep from the Prickly Pear Flat Panel, I explored another nearby canyon and found a small Barrier Canyon Style panel. When I first arrived the panel was in direct sunlight and didn't photograph well, but I liked this small panel so much that I hung around for another hour until it was all in the shade.

The figure on the left has it

bowjunkie
12-27-2011, 09:19 PM
nice Randy !!!!

mattandersao
12-28-2011, 07:22 AM
As usual :2thumbs:

nbnm6
12-28-2011, 03:52 PM
Thanks for the report and great rock art photos!

anna14
03-22-2012, 03:33 AM
Great art and good capture also