Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument is a Utah state monument featuring a rock panel carved with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs. It is located in San Juan County, along Utah Sta
Newspaper Rock in 2009
Newspaper Rock in 1972
Closer view of the petroglyphs.
Petroglyph on Newspaper Rock showcasing polydactyly in feet
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Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
…People of the Archaic, Basketmaker, Fremont, and Ancestral Puebloan cultures carved petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock from around the beginning of the current era until about 1300. Ute, Navaho, and Anglo people have also left carvings on the rock in historic times. There are over 650 rock art designs. The drawings…
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