Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock near Monticello, Utah
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- Unknown
- Location
- Between Moab, Utah, and Monticello, Utah
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2008. All Rights Reserved
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A detail of Newspaper Rock at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument near Monticello, Utah. The petroglyphs depict a chaotic mass of human and animal figures, as well as what appear to be animal tracks.
Newspaper Rock is one of the largest and most well-known petroglyph panels in Utah. The petroglyphs were probably carved about 1,500 to 2,000 years ago by Native Americans, but exact dating of the carving is impossible, as is determining its purpose or meaning. Newspaper Rock is located on the access road to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park.
