Petroglyphs and pictographs [11]

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Title Petroglyphs and pictographs [11]
Photo Number p1081n1389
Description Photo shows a petroglyph with an elephant-like shape, located in the Colorado River gorge downstream from Moab. It has been called the "Moab Mastodon," though some think it is too recent to be a mastodon or mammoth
Creator McConkie, Wayne Russell
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Textual Date Circa late 1930s, 1940s
Keywords Utah; Indians of North America; Archaeology; Rock art; Petroglyphs and pictographs; Moab mastodon; Native Americans
Subject Petroglyphs--Utah--Photographs; Rock art--Utah--Photographs; Indians of North America--Utah--Antiquities--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Utah
Collection Number and Name P1081 Wayne Russell McConkie Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wayne Russell McConkie
Relation is Part of Utah River Running Archives
Donated By/Purchased From Slides loaned for scanning by Sheldon McConkie in April 2004
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Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s61z4tx1
Setname uum_map_rr
ID 975317
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z4tx1
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