San Rafael Swell Rock Art VIII

[IntrepidXJ]

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO

After spending 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.


Prickly Pear Flat Panel by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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


Rain by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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


Flute Player by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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


Puzzle Pieces by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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


Feet & Dots by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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


Walking Forward by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr

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


Stick Figures by IntrepidXJ, 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]

nice Randy !!!!

[mattandersao]

As usual

[nbnm6]

Thanks for the report and great rock art photos!

[anna14]

Great art and good capture also