Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon
Fremont (500–1300 CE)·Fremont (Uinta Fremont)·🇺🇸 Utah, Carbon/Duchesne Counties, Nine Mile Canyon, Cottonwood, United States
About
About Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon
Utah's Nine Mile excavated by Manning 1910s, Fremont owl-eyes figures and hunt scenes. Recorded context — Period: Fremont (500–1300 CE); Culture: Fremont (Uinta Fremont); Field status: partially excavated; Materials: sandstone; Condition: preserved — canyon road.
Why it mattersKey Fremont (Uinta Fremont) rock-art with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 900 CE Hunt Panel
- Period
- Fremont (500–1300 CE)
- Culture
- Fremont (Uinta Fremont)
- Purpose
- Fremont hunt-scene panel with 15 hunters and bighorn sheep trap — world's longest art gallery 80 km canyon
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1931
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon
c. 900 CE Hunt Panel
Initial construction / first occupation at Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon
On the ground
Structures & features
39.7910° N · 110.2010° W · 1720 m · 3 mapped features
- Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon — hydraulic feature39.7907° N · 110.2007° W
- Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon — subsidiary complex39.7929° N · 110.1994° W
- Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Nine Mile Canyon — Fremont Hunt Panel Cottonwood Canyon — subsidiary complex39.7898° N · 110.2024° W
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