Vernal Scrapbook

Glyphs in Utah

These head hunter scenes are only in the Vernal area.

So far as the writer has seen or read of glyphs in Utah this area around Vernal proauoes the only scenes of Head Runters found in the State It glves rise to the supposition of band of warriors makingwar raid and astrophy of thetr mos not merely taking the scalp of he viotia as is common Tnttan prectice but 4aktag the mtire degpitated hesd It 1is thought by some that the Head Hunters ware aspareterese of psople oo Aistinst as to merstseparate olassifioation The writer 1s hesitant to accept that view olined to think that it was he is more inphase only of Pueblosn people among one of the later time periods possibly Pueblo IT or IIT thus about an indeterninate time of from 700 fo 1300 of from 1200 to 600 years sgo- at some time in that span The arawing is well balanced of almost life stze has merit showshigh order of draftsmanship and 1s well executed It 1s ihe best example of group of head hunters in tnis ares Itlooated in Dry Fork Canyon less thanmile rom the Group of SRmies 41 hence contims the supposition that the object hanging from tres 1imb in that group may be intended Tepresentdecapitated human hoadet Among several hundred photographs of petroglyphs taken slsewhere about the State of Utah this group more plainly shows the female figure than Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved