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Argyle Canyon Panel 2
Photographer: Christopher Christie

ID: 0000 0000 0217 3014 (2017-02-28)

Copyright © 2017 Christopher L. Christie

 
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  • date of photo  Nov 4, 2016
  • location   Argyle Canyon (Duchesne County, Utah, US)
  • notes   A panel in Argyle Canyon, a tributary to Nine Mile Canyon. Like many panels in the Nine Mile Canyon area, this one has been damaged by target shooters. The head of the larger animal on the left apparently chipped or spalled off centuries ago, and the small animal on the right appears to have been added or refurbished as it is less patinated and has three cloven hooves.. Nine Mile Canyon is actually a 40 mile long canyon in Carbon and Duchesne Counties in Utah. It is in the Fremont cultural complex area of Utah, but much disagreement exists as to the stylistic classification of individual panels, as many different groups visited Nine Mile Canyon over some 6,000 years, from the Archaic period to to the historic Utes. The Numic speaking Utes are thought to have replaced the Fremont, who may have been related to modern day Hopi in Arizona and other Puebloan people, especially the Jemez people of New Mexico, but there is much disagreement on that point as well. The Fremont were thought to be in the canyon from from about A.D. 1050-1250 (1300), but the Fremont culture prospered in Utah from about A.D. 250 to about A.D. 1250. The petroglyphs in Nine Mile Canyon bear little resemblance to the nearby 'Classic Vernal Style' Fremont drawings or others found in Capitol Reef and other areas of south western central Utah.
  • keywords: archeology, petroglyph, rock art, native american, Fremont, Archaic, Ute
  • contributor's ID #  Argyle Canyon Panel 2-01-110416 510-5247-110416
  • photo category: People - culture
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    Using this photo   The thumbnail photo (128x192 pixels) on this page may be freely used for personal or academic purposes without prior permission under the Fair Use provisions of US copyright law as long as the photo is clearly credited with © 2017 Christopher L. Christie. For other uses, or if you have questions, contact C. Christie (541) 519-5084 calphotos@lists.berkeley.edu.


     

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