Sally J. Cole - Legacy on Stone: Rock Art of the Colorado Plateau and Four Corners Region

1990 by Sally J. Cole

Third Printing 1995

Cover design by Molly Gough

Cover photo by Sally J. Cole

Maps were prepared by Margaret Stone. Rock art illustrations were drawn from projected photographic slides, photographs, and field sketches by Margaret Stone, Barbara Blackshear, and Sally J. Cole.

Originally produced with the support of the Colorado Endownment for the Humanities, Denver, Colorado, a grantee of the Natioanl Endowment for the Humanities.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cole, Sally.

Legacy on stone: rock art of the Colorado plateau and Four Corners region /

Sally Cole.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-55566-074-6

1. Indians of North AmericaColoradoAntiquities. 2. Indians of North AmericaSouthwest, NewAntiquities. 3. PetroglyphsColorado. 4. PetroglyphsSouthwest, New. 5. PictographsColorado. 6. PictographsSouthwest, New. 7. ColoradoAntiquities. 8.Southwest, NewAntiquities. I. Title.

E78.C6C6 1990

709.01130979dc20

90-45715

CIP

Printed in the United States of America by

Johnson Printing

1880 South 57th Court

Boulder, Colorado 80301

Printed on recycled paper with soy ink.

During fourteen years of research on the Colorado Plateau and in the Rocky Mountains, many people including fellow archaeologists, ranchers and farmers, and numerous individuals who explore the canyons and mountains of this region have shared information about rock art and have helped with documentation. I am grateful to all of you for your professionalism, generosity, and insights. I wish to identify certain organizations and individuals that have supported research for this book and its publication. First, I wish to acknowledge financial assistance provided by a research and publication grant from the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities and thank the staff for their helpfulness throughout the project. In support of the grant, I received an in-kind contribution of technical assistance from the Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management. I appreciate their willingness to support the project and the efforts of Frederic J. Athearn, manager of the Cultural Resources Program.

I also wish to acknowledge in-kind support for the grant from individuals who helped me gather information and materials from files and in the field. These people donated time and knowledge and, in some instances, the use of their homes: Douglas W. Bowman, Archaeologist for Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; Henry S. Keesling, Craig District Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management; Brian Naze, Little Snake Resource Area Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management; Kristie Arrington, San Juan Resource Area Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management; Michael Selle, White River Resource Area Archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management; Robert H. Nykamp, Routt National Forest Archaeologist; James A. Truesdale, Archaeologist for Dinosaur National Monument; Jack Smith, Chief Research Archaeologist for Mesa Verde National Park; Victoria Atkins; and Joanne and Edward Berger.