Pecked Petroglyphs at the Gateway Site: The Uncompahgre Style In the Green River Basin

Author(s): James D. Keyser; Angelo Eugenio Fossati

Year: 2014

Summary

A recent discovery of Archaic period pecked petroglyphs at the Gateway site (48LN348) is the first occurrence of Uncompahgre style imagery in the northern Green River Basin. Badly impacted by superimposed Late Prehistoric period incised petroglyphs, the Uncompahgre style images are a panel of abstract lines and circular forms whose overall form is similar to other Uncompahgre style petroglyphs at a site further south along the Green River. We document these newly discovered Gateway site petroglyphs and summarize the current evidence for the Uncompahgre style in the Green River Basin.

Cite this Record

Pecked Petroglyphs at the Gateway Site: The Uncompahgre Style In the Green River Basin. James D. Keyser, Angelo Eugenio Fossati. The Wyoming Archaeologist. 58 (2): 13-28. 2014 ( tDAR id: 476502) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8476502

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Keywords

Culture
Undifferentiated Native American

Site Name
48LN348 • 48SW18434 • 48SW45 • 48SW83 • 48SW88 • 48SW9444 • Black Mountain • Confluence • Currant Creek • Gateway • Henry's Fork • Keeper of the Canyon • Little Bitter Creek • Lucerne • Sugarloaf

General
seedskadee • shield bearing warrior • Uncompahgre

Geographic Keywords
Green River Basin • Northwest Colorado • Southwest Wyoming

Temporal Keywords
Early Archaic • Late Archaic • Late Prehistoric • Middle Archaic

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Marcia Peterson

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