Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇺🇸 Utah, Sego Canyon, United States
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About Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph
Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph in Utah, Sego 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 38.9710N -109.7100E 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, Sego 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
- 1983 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph main structure
c. 1923
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1983–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
38.9710° N · 109.7100° W · 241 m · 3 mapped features
- Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph — Main StructurepanelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel38.9718° N · 109.7091° W
- Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature38.9700° N · 109.7107° W
- Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension38.9725° N · 109.7088° W