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Buckhorn Wash is a rock art site located in the San Rafael Swell in east
central Utah. The 100 ft. long pictograph (painted) panel consists of a
series of elongated life-size anthropomorphs of the Barrier Canyon Style of
rock art. This name refers to a tributary of the Green River on which the
largest number of paintings of this style has been recorded. All Barrier
Canyon style pictographs portray anthropomorphic figures which seem to be
imbued with supernatural significance. There is no indication that these
figures had anything to do with hunting. If the seed-beater, sickle and
burden baskets portayed are correctly interpreted, it is possible that the
paintings were related in part to the ritual surrounding food-gathering
practices. (Schaafsma, Polly, The Rock Art of Utah, University of Utah
Press.)
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Legend Rock is a rock art site located in the Bighorn Basin of west central
Wyoming. Most of the images in the gallery come from this site, but the
gallery also includes images from areas in the same region. Most of the
images at Legend Rock consist of Interior Line Style petroglyphs (pecked
images), characterized by an open, lace-like structure within the drawings.
Most Interior Line petroglyphs are located in Wyoming, but the style
extends into northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado.
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The images portrayed here are located within Naquana Park at Capo di Ponte,
Italy. The park is one area within a long valley in northern Italy called
Val Camonica. In the extreme northern portion of this valley the "Iceman" of National Geographic fame was found. The rock art at Capo di Ponte
consists of pictographs (pecked images) created over an extensive period
from at least the Copper Age down through Roman occupation and beyond. In
fact, the tradition of rock art seems to have survived into modern times in
this regi
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