Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel
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The Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel is an example of rock art
, located in Buckhorn Draw in the San Rafael Swell
in central Utah, approximately four miles north of the San Rafael campground and bridge.
Primarily a Barrier Canyon Style
panel, there are a few later petroglyphs of Fremont culture
origin as well. In many cases the Fremont painted figures on top of the older Barrier Canyon ones.
The route up Buckhorn Draw was part of the Old Spanish Trail
. As a result of the relatively large number of people passing by, the panel was repeatedly vandalized and marked with graffiti
over the years. In 1996 the State of Utah and Emery County restored the panel as part of the state's centennial celebration.
Rock art
Rock art is a term used in archaeology for any human-made markings made on natural stone. They can be divided into:*Petroglyphs - carvings into stone surfaces*Pictographs - rock and cave paintings...
, located in Buckhorn Draw in the San Rafael Swell
San Rafael Swell
The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, USA about 30 miles west of Green River, Utah. The San Rafael Swell, approximately by , consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limestone that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide...
in central Utah, approximately four miles north of the San Rafael campground and bridge.
Primarily a Barrier Canyon Style
Barrier Canyon Style
Barrier Canyon Style describes a distinctive style of rock art which appears mostly in Utah, with the largest concentration of sites in and around the San Rafael Swell and Canyonlands National Park, but the full range extends into much of the state and western Colorado...
panel, there are a few later petroglyphs of Fremont culture
Fremont culture
The Fremont culture or Fremont people is a pre-Columbian archaeological culture which received its name from the Fremont River in the U.S. state of Utah where the first Fremont sites were discovered. The Fremont River itself is named for John Charles Frémont, an American explorer. It inhabited...
origin as well. In many cases the Fremont painted figures on top of the older Barrier Canyon ones.
The route up Buckhorn Draw was part of the Old Spanish Trail
Old Spanish Trail (trade route)
The Old Spanish Trail is a historical trade route which connected the northern New Mexico settlements near or in Santa Fe, New Mexico with that of Los Angeles, California and southern California. Approximately long, it ran through areas of high mountains, arid deserts, and deep canyons. It is...
. As a result of the relatively large number of people passing by, the panel was repeatedly vandalized and marked with graffiti
Graffiti
Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....
over the years. In 1996 the State of Utah and Emery County restored the panel as part of the state's centennial celebration.