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The nearly 300 individual petroglyphs feature some of the oldest and best examples of Dinwoody rock art in the world. [2] The origins of the petroglyphs are still subject to debate. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1973 [1] and it is preserved by the state of Wyoming as a state historic site.
The petroglyphs are in the Interior Line Style, or Dinwoody style, consistent with other rock art in central Wyoming. [2] Site investigations have uncovered a number of petroglyphs that had previously been hidden under lichen. [3] The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 1993. [1]
The Castle Gardens Petroglyph Site is a 6-mile (9.7 km) by 1-mile (1.6 km) region of vertical cliff faces in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States, with extensive petroglyph images incised in the rock faces. The glyphs include images of water turtles and circular shields, as well as human and animal figures. [2]
The Dinwoody petroglyph style is indigenous to central Wyoming including the Wind River Basin and Bighorn Basin. Scholars believe that the Dinwoody petroglyphs most likely represent the work of ancestral Tukudika or Mountain Shoshone Sheepeaters, because some of the figures at Torrey Lake Petroglyph District and Legend Rock correspond to ...
The Yellowstone hotspot, which now sits in northwest Wyoming and is the namesake of Yellowstone National Park, once called present-day McDermitt, Nevada, home. Over the course of millions of years ...
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024. [1]
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve; Honanki; Huerfano Butte (Arizona) Keyhole Sink; Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District; Northern Avenue Petroglyph Site; Painted Rock Petroglyph Site; Palatki Heritage Site; Petrified Forest National Park; Saguaro National Park; Tumamoc Hill; Tutuveni; V Bar V Heritage Site; White Tank Mountain ...
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 13 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, 1 of which is a National Historic Landmark. Another property was previously listed on the National ...