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Hunter-gatherers, Ancestral Hopi and Pueblos, and historical Ute and Navajo of the Cedar Mesa area signified their presence, social identities, activities, and worldviews in an array of images dating from 3000 B.C. or earlier to the mid-20th century. Bold and intricate paintings and petroglyphs appear on cliffs, alcoves, and boulders across the varied and rugged landscape. In these settings, rock art images are often clustered and show a variety of closely juxtaposed, superimposed, and modified forms from diverse eras. The subject matter and patterns of reuse have narrative qualities that point to the significance of the images and places over time.

Source: Petroglyphs and Paintings of Cedar Mesa: A Photographic Essay Sally J. Cole Natural History Museum of Utah and Fort Lewis College Department of Anthropology