| Grand Galleries of the Ancients |
An overview of the rock art of the Colorado Plateau, with photography and imagery from all over the American West. |
| Pecos River Style Rock Art |
Imagery of Pecos River Style rock art near the confluence of the Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers in West Texas. Little text. |
Rock Art in the Fremont Culture Region of the Colorado Plateau  |
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| Barrier Canyon Style Page 1 |
An introduction focused on Canyonlands National Park, with the Harvest Scene in the Maze District and the Great Gallery. |
| Barrier Canyon Style Page 2 |
Sites west of the Green and Colorado Rivers. Buckhorn Wash and Sinbad panels are featured. |
| Barrier Canyon Style Page 3 |
Sites east of the Green and Colorado River confluence, with Sego Canyon, Courthouse Wash and Seven Mile Canyon. |
| Northeastern Utah Page 1 |
Sites near Vernal, Utah, with a discussion of Classic Vernal Style. The Ashley Creek and Dry Fork sites are featured. |
| Northeastern Utah Page 2 |
Sites in the vicinity of and within Dinosaur National Monument, with McKee Springs and Rainbow Park area sites. |
| Fremont Area Rock Art |
Fremont Culture area sites in northeastern Utah. This page, added in 2005, has larger image files. |
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| Rock Art in the Puebloan Region of the Colorado Plateau |
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| Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Page 1 |
This page covers the upper portion of the canyon, above the junction with Bullet Canyon. Green Mask site is featured. |
| Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Page 2 |
The lower half of the Canyon, from Step Canyon to Red Man Canyon, features Quail Panel, Big Man Panel, and Big Panel. |
| Puebloan Pictography |
A gallery of pictographs, particularly Painted Cave, Navajo Nation, Arizona. |
| Canyon de Chelly Rock Art |
Canyon de Chelly has a large concentration of Basketmaker, Puebloan and Navajo rock art. Limited text. Some links. |
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| Articles |
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| The Dawn of Rock Art |
A summary of the earliest known rock art, with a focus on recently discovered European cave painting. Text and video embeds. |
| Rock Art Dating and Conservation |
Summary of a rock art dating paper on the All-American Man panel, with a commentary on modern destruction of rock art. |
| The Ekonk Hill Petroglyph Site |
An essay focused on the possible archaeogeodesic significance of an arrangement of petroglyphed boulders in Connecticut. |
| Grimes Point, Nevada |
One of the most important and accessible rock art sites in the Great Basin. PowerPoint included. |
The following two linked files present 600 dpi JPEG files of my ink rendition artworks. The images were projected from slides to achieve photorealistic accuracy. You may duplicate one copy per person for personal or educational use only. They are sized to print on 8.5 x 11 paper. Rochester Creek - 1 MB ---- Newspaper Rock, Utah - 940 Kb  Some of my art work recreates rock art imagery in pottery, paper casts, ink renditions, woodcuts, and digital media. The Rock Art Images and Illustrations Collection page is an introduction to my transparency and illustration collection, with a rock art site listing of stock photos in the transparency collection. Desk Pictures featuring rock art panel renditions and photography. TOP |
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Rock surfaces employed by artists preserve a graphic record of prehistory world-wide, in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas. The Southwest region of the United States of America has the greatest concentration of rock art in the Americas. In the dry desert environment, with its profusion of rock surfaces and shelters, an incomparable cultural legacy is preserved. The rock art pages below feature a photo gallery of some of the best desert West and Southwest rock art accompanied by an article series focused on Colorado Plateau rock art. Article links and rock art links follow.