Pictographs
& Petroglyphs

Southern Utah panel which appears to depict the rain god with a corn plant on his right and an early maize cob on his left.

“I feel these are images of atypical observations, and the impression on the observer was so strong that they needed to record them on stone for posterity!”

~Ray Urbaniak

Explore the articles Ray wrote about pictographs and petroglyphs featured in Pleistocene Coalition News and on his Facebook page:

Ancient Native American rock art far more diversified than anyone expected, PCN Jan/Feb 2024, page 1

Comparing sizes of proposed dwarf pronghorn and jack rabbit depictions, PCN Jan/Feb 2024, pages 18-19

Unusual horns may indicate a new species of pronghorn, PCN Nov/Dec 2023, page 8

More enigmatic rock art from the Grand Canyon and Winslow, AZ, PCN Nov/Dec 2023, pages 18-19

Evaluation of a 1964 paper on an Ibex skull from Iowa, PCN Sept/Oct 2023, pages 10-11

Case for a worldwide early written language, PCN Sept/Oct 2023, pages 22-24

Analysis of a very old and unique petroglyph, PCN July/Aug 2022, page 8

Extinct Volcano Equinox Markers, Facebook, Sept 22, 2021

American Cheetah, PCN May/June 2021, page 16

Camelops and possible rock art footprint symbols, PCN Mar/April 2021, pages 12-13

Winter solstice follow-up to ‘Analysis of an intriguing micro-petroglyph in Utah’, PCN Jan/Feb 2021, pages 14-15

Gomphothere pictograph, PCN Jan/Feb 2021, pages 16-17

Possible woolly rhinoceros pictograph, PCN Nov/Dec 2020, page 11

Analysis of an intriguing micro-petroglyph in Utah, PCN May/June 2020, pages 12-14

Possible locations of Pleistocene rock art in North America, PCN Mar/April 2020, pages 13-15

‘Twisted perspective’ in rock art, PCN Jan/Feb 2020, page 15

Animal Petroglyph, Facebook, Dec 17, 2019

Intriguing figures in Southwest U.S. rock art, PCN May/June 2019, page 13

Fascinating similarities between the rock art of Australia and the Arizona Strip, PCN March/April 2019, pages 10-12

Reconsidering Paleolithic and other depictions and how knowledge is transmitted over time, PCN March/April 2019, pages 13-14

Three-horned animal depictions, follow-up, PCN Jan/Feb 2019, page 15

Rock art rebels-breaking with tradition, PCN Jan/Feb 2019, pages 12-14

Experimental archaeology and Paleolithic-style hand stencils, PCN Nov/Dec 2018, pages 12-13

Three-horned animals on a Utah rock art panel, PCN Sept/Oct 2019, pages 16-17

Earliest maize depicted in southern Utah petroglyph, Part 2: Antiquity-corroborating images, PCN March/April 2018, pages 19-21