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Petroglyphs in red ochre nicknamed "Supernova"-a 10-pointed star, a quarter moon, a magical hand. This composition may depict the explosion of a giant star in the year 1054, an event that has also been chronicled in the history books of that time in Europe, China and Japan. Height: about 24 inches, Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico), Anasazi Culture.

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Petroglyphs with a stylized deer, positive impression of a magic hand and a human figure within a circle, which undoubtedly symbolizes the sun and the entire universe. A language of shapes extends across the rocks, mingling daily routine and religious life. Diameter of the circle: about 28 in. Betatakin, Navajo National Monument (Arizona).

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Red and white petroglyphs in Horseshoe Canyon, Barrier Creek, Canyonlands National Park (Utah). They are among the most beautiful petroglyphs of the Fremont Culture: impressive, priestly figures of men whose bodies are decorated with geometric designs (depicting clothing or body painting). There are innumerable theories as to what these figures represent: warriors, priests, dancers. Are they associated with hunting? There are deer on the rock to the right. The central figure is about 68 inches high.

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The Ghost stands surrounded by smaller figures. Is he perhaps wearing a mask? The paintings have more or less natural human scale: The Ghost is 85 inches tall. Horseshoe Canyon, Barrier Creek, Canyonlands National Park (Utah).

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The famous frieze of human figures that stretches for yards along the stone cliffs of Horseshoe Canyon. The entire length of the upper frieze is 140 feet. The general impression is of a procession on its way to a holy site. The paintings are a considerable distance from any inhabited place, which adds to their magical character. Canyonlands National Park (Utah), Fremont Culture.

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The famous frieze of human figures that stretches for yards along the stone cliffs of Horseshoe Canyon. The entire length of the upper frieze is 140 feet. The general impression is of a procession on its way to a holy site. The paintings are a considerable distance from any inhabited place, which adds to their magical character. Canyonlands National Park (Utah), Fremont Culture.

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The famous frieze of human figures that stretches for yards along the stone cliffs of Horseshoe Canyon. The entire length of the upper frieze is 140 feet. The general impression is of a procession on its way to a holy site. The paintings are a considerable distance from any inhabited place, which adds to their magical character. Canyonlands National Park (Utah), Fremont Culture.

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Petroglyphs that are clearly magical in character. The colored paints were made of mineral and plant materials and were probably applied to the rock with fingers. The figures pictured here were painted in red and ochre, the "shields" in black and white. Courthouse Wash, Arches National Park (Utah).

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Detail of an enormous human figure. Large eyes scrutinize us; two animals (deer?) cover the upper body; Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park (Utah).

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Ten faces from a frieze called The Thirteen Faces. Polychrome painting of heads, which have masks and feather headdresses. Horse Canyon, Canyonlands ational Park (Utah).

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Painted, mysterious shapes. The diameter of the concentric circle on the left is 74.4 inches. Near Salt Creek Canyon, Canyonlands National Park (Utah).

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Paintings of "warriors" with richly embellished shields behind which only the heads and feet are visible; above them a frieze of dots. Figure to the left is 17.6 inches high. Peek-Aboo Spring, Salt Creek Canyon.

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Positive and negative handprints on friezes or in masterly compositions. The hand is a universally familiar symbol, found in all cultures at all times. - Red and ochre-colored hands under Kachina Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah).

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Positive and negative handprints on friezes or in masterly compositions. The hand is a universally familiar symbol, found in all cultures at all times. - Positive and negative impressions of hands (as well as people) painted in white, Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Arizona).

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Positive and negative handprints on friezes or in masterly compositions. The hand is a universally familiar symbol, found in all cultures at all times. - near Peek-Aboo Spring, Salt Creek Canyonlands, Canyonlands National Park (Utah).

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The stepped pyramid, or "stairway to heaven," symbolizes rain clouds as well as the paths that lead into the next world (as in ancient Egypt). The design is commonly found on pottery and in pictographs. - Painting of a frieze of birds sitting on the top of three pyramids, red on ochre. Height: 7.2 inches. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (New Mexico).