ANASAZI RUIN - 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 This is one of the many cliff dwellings in southern Utah. It is located near a stream and is almost impossible to reach by road. This well-preserved masonry cliff dwelling is special for its above-ground kiva and its rock art. There are many handprints, zoomorphs and a large snake painted on the walls of the alcove, as well as a large triple spiral on the ceiling. The white paintings have clearly been superimposed upon the large snake image. On the west part of the ceiling is another - horned - snake in a vertical position. Further west along the cliff face are a small number of petroglyph panels, one of them with fairly recent images depicting a spiral, a bird and a flute player; other panels probably date to the Basketmaker Period. To the east of the dwelling are some more petroglyphs again including spirals. |
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