JOURNAL ARTICLE

Utah In Focus.

  • Published In: Utah Historical Quarterly, 2025, v. 93, n. 3. P. 276 1 of 2

  • Database: America: History and Life with Full Text 2 of 2

Abstract

The article focuses on Newspaper Rock in San Juan County, Utah, which features rock art from various Indigenous groups, including the Basketmaker and Ancestral Puebloan cultures, with some pieces potentially dating back two thousand years. The panel also includes more recent petroglyphs from the Ute and Navajo peoples, depicting animals and human figures, indicating the influence of Spanish colonization through the introduction of horses. The rock art is etched into desert varnish on a cliff of Wingate Sandstone, which is approximately two hundred million years old. Named by Euro-American settlers, the Navajo term for the site, Tse' Hane', translates to "rock that tells a story," although the specific narrative remains unknown. Newspaper Rock was designated a state historical monument in 1961. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Utah Historical Quarterly. 2025/07, Vol. 93, Issue 3, p276
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0042-143X
  • DOI:10.5406/26428652.93.3.14
  • Accession Number:186839341
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