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'Birth Scene' Petroglyph / Kane Creek Canyon site (Utah)
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1111 0383 (2011-11-03)Copyright © 2011 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Sep 25, 2011
location
Kane Creek Canyon. Near Moab (Grand County, Utah, US)notes The 'Birth Scene' Petroglyph, carved into a boulder of Entrada Sandstone by Native Americans. While scenes depicticting childbirth are common in the rock art of Aboriginal people in Australia, they are rare in the rock art of North America. This famous panel is the best know example of a childbirth scene. These petroglyphs were created by the Fremont people and are generally thought to date from A.D. 600-1300. On BLM land in Kane Creek Canyon.keywords: archeology, anthropology, Native American, petroglyph, Fremont, anthropomorph
camera Canon EOS 7D, 30mm, f/11, 1/40 sec.
photo category: People - culture
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