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Comment by Sam Tsang on January 20, 2011 at 8:47am

Now I don't feel so bad about my ancestors :)

Comment by John Wolff on January 19, 2011 at 11:09pm

Ancient Utahans loved dogs.  These are from Canyonlands National Park, Maze District, Barrier Canyon and Harvest Scene sites.  In the 2nd (Harvest Scene) pictograph, the humanoid figure is about 6' tall.  Barrier (Horse) Canyon is near Hans Flat ranger Station (dayhike); Harvest Scene is a serious dayhike from a 4WD road in the Maze.  These are not cliffdweller Pueblo cultures, these are "Archaic", thousands of years old.  This coloring is unnatural; I tweaked it to bring out the contrast.

The Maze area is so fascinating that I've returned half-a-dozen times.  The Harvest Scene pictographs are quite large, extremely detailed, unfathomable, painted on a wall 200-300'high and 500' wide, facing the sunrise.  It's like a prehistoric L'Ouvre that you can stare at, silent, for hours, so quiet you can hear your pulse.  I swear the artists were on drugs; this stuff has a transcendent, religious aura to it.

No dogs allowed, and not corgi-friendly (hardly coyote-friendly), but I did meet someone who'd snuck a border collie in there, illegally.