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Around 1980, archaeologist Steven J. Manning did a rubbing of this complex but faded Fremont painting, preserving the fine detail (F.A. Barnes, Prehistoric Rock Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 1982, p. 159). The pecked snake, the three birds in the center, and the "rainbow" are figures also seen in the Barrier Canyon Style, and the glyph over the rainbow looks Abstract Geometric, suggesting multi-cultural sharing.
#Archaeology #RockArt #Pictograph #Pictographs #Petroglyph #Petroglyphs #Utah #Desert

This exceptional Barrier Canyon Style painting (~2000 BCE or earlier - ~400 CE) is being covered up by calcium carbonate. Most BCS anthropomorphic forms are missing arms or legs as if wearing a robe but these forms even have fingers. The companion birds and snakes are a common feature of this style. Note the birds around the headdress. These forms have been pecked on, possibly by others, more on this to follow.
#RockArt #Petroglyph #Utah #Desert #Archaeology #Pictograph #Utah #painting

Western San Juan Basketmaker-style anthropomorphic forms along the San Juan river (~1,000 BCE - ~400 CE). Forms are roughly life-size. The figure on the right may be wearing a mask. Some of those who see these forms as shamanic theorize the hanging feet represent an altered state. Raft trips out of Bluff, Utah stop at this panel.

Europe’s highest petroglyphs unearthed in Lombardy’s mountains

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in Lombardy’s Stelvio National Park in Italy has revealed the highest rock engravings in Europe, etched into the glacier-polished rocks of Pizzo Tresero. These petroglyphs, located more than 3,000 meters above sea level...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2024/11/eur

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Desert #fungi and #lichens pose deadly threat to 5,000-year-old rock art phys.org/news/2024-07-fungi-li

Diversity of fungi associated with #petroglyph sites in the #Negev Desert and their potential role in #bioweathering: Laura Rabbachin et al. frontiersin.org/journals/funga

"#petroglyphs are home to a community of uncommon specialist fungi and lichens... They secrete acids that can dissolve the #limestone in which the petroglyphs are carved... and they can penetrate and grow within the stone grains"