BUTLER WASH - UTAH
Maarten van Hoek Updated August 2005| RESPONSIBLE VISTOR BEHAVIOUR AT ROCK ART SITES
* Never touch or wet rock art - it is highly damaging * Never chalk or enhance engravings * Do not walk on engraved rock * Leave all archaeological artefacts as they are * Only take photographs, only leave your footsteps Butler Wash actually is a side canyon of the San Juan River with several rock art sites, all of which are hard to reach. The best known of all those sites is the enormous rock panel at the confluence of the San Juan River. On vertical sandstone cliff faces are hundreds of petroglyphs mainly of the Basketmaker Period, although some recent and probably Navajo petroglyphs also occur - see the last photo. The main feature are large image of outlined anthropomorphs with drooping hands and feet with strange head appendages and interior symbols. The site can actually only be reached by boat. Enquire in Bluff for boat trips down the San Juan River. The boat launch is at Sand Island, offering a fine opportunity to include a visit to that rock art site as well. |
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