Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel North Annex · Tw Site
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇺🇸 Utah, Nine Mile Canyon, United States
About
About Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel in Utah, Nine Mile Canyon, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal panel 12 m long × 3 m high and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 39.7830N -110.3670E controls access to Utah resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock art for Utah, Nine Mile Canyon, illustrating Multi-period rock art construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Meaning of iconographic motifs
- 02Dating of superimposed phases
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 15000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Multi-period rock art
- Purpose
- Rock art sanctuary and ritual landscape with petroglyphs/pictographs
- Rediscovered
- 1982 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel main structure
c. 1922
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1982–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
39.7830° N · 110.3670° W · 234 m · 4 mapped features
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
39.7838° N · 110.3661° WTw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
39.7820° N · 110.3677° WTw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
39.7845° N · 110.3658° WTw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel — Hydraulic/Cistern
hydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site
39.7814° N · 110.3681° W