Uploads from awatobi, tagged moab

Santa and Sleigh

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:54:43 -0800

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Well known petroglyph near the Moab golf course. Since there weren't any reindeer around Fremont Santa would have to use sheep to pull his sleigh.

Centipede Closeup

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:22:41 -0700

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I didn't count the pairs of legs on this creature but it must be close to 191. It also has hands. The panel includes lesser centipedes and a variety of other buglike forms.
While the figure with the bow and arrow dates part of the panel to post 500 A.D., the large centipede on the right appears to be biting an anthropomorph done in the Glen Canyon Linear Style, which pre-dates the bow arrow and may be contemporaneous with Barrier Canyon Style. Some Glen Canyon Linear Style figures have been reported in Needles and one as far north as Vernal, so its not out of the realm of possibility.

Mother of all centipedes

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:22:34 -0700

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This panel is found along the Potash Road outside of Moab. It has numerous centipede forms including the giant one which dwarfs all the other figures. Centipedes are indigenous to the area and come in various sizes with from 15 to 191 pairs of legs. The Anasazi or Fremont would probably have encountered them in the vicinity of the river, since centipedes like damp areas. For real life examples see: www.flickr.com/photos/zormsk/511408604/ and www.flickr.com/photos/dragonflyhunter/2901010707/

Snake Eating Sheep

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:33:40 -0700

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This is an interesting petroglyph that I came across in the Moab area. To me, it looks like a snake devouring a sheep. Albeit, a snake usually ingests its prey head first. I suppose it could also be a sheep with a really long snake tail.

M.A. TAYLOR OCT. 26. 1890

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:18 -0700

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This inscription is found near the Courthouse Wash stagecoach stop. There is a permanent source of water there from Courthouse Spring, which made it an attractive rest stop and camping site, both in historic and prehistoric times

F. FARRER 1887

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:18 -0700

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This inscription is found on the north bank of the Colorado River at the site of the old Moab ferry service. A bridge was not built across the river until 1911.
The Farrer family ran the Mercantile Store in Green River, Utah.

BIG. BEND. PLACER. 1894

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:18 -0700

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This inscription is on a large boulder on the north side of Hwy 128 where it curves around the Big Bend area of the Colorado River. It presumably refers to placer mining activity in that area.

John Smith Aug 3 1889

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:18 -0700

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This inscription is found near the Courthouse Wash stagecoach stop. The Ute horseman is superimposed on the date, so the Ute glyph was pecked at a later time. Smith was probably a rancher or cowboy.

B.B. Turner Moab UT July 1879

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:19:18 -0700

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This inscription is found near the Courthouse Wash stagecoach stop on the road from Moab to Thompson, now Hwy 191. Turner was probably a bored cowboy, as this area was used primarily for cattle ranching prior to the 1890's.

Pushme-Pullyou

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:06:26 -0700

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Sheep & Bear paw

nobody@flickr.com (awatobi) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:06:26 -0700

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