#procession panel

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One treasure still inside Utah's Bears Ears monument is Procession Panel, a nearly 23-foot-long rock carving, or petroglyph, on Comb Ridge. At least 1,000 years old, it depicts a ceremonial gathering of some 190 humanlike forms converging from four directions. A succession of prehistoric cultures occupied the mesas and canyons of southern Utah for more than 12,000 years. From "Inside the New Battle for the American West," November 2018

PHOTOGRAPH BY AARON HUEY

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natgeo The Procession Panel in the Bears Ears National Monument. Video by @salvarezphoto The Procession Panel contains 179 human-like figures organized around a central circle. It's one if thousands of increadible artworks preserved inside our western National Monuments. This video is built from a detailed 3D model that I made last spring working for @ancientartarchive in Southern Utah. I'm happy to say that I'll be back in the West this spring working on a grant from @natgeo to look at ancient stories told on stone in 9 Western National Monuments. Follow @salvarezphoto to follow my progress.

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natgeoA timelapse of the Procession Panel in the Bears Ears National Monument. Video by @salvarezphoto part of my long term project documenting humanity's oldest stories as told on rock and cave walls around the world. To see more follow me.

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One treasure still inside the Bears Ears monument is Procession Panel, a nearly 23-foot-long rock carving, or petroglyph, on Comb Ridge. At least 1,000 years old, it depicts a ceremonial gathering of some 190 human like forms converging from four directions. A succession of prehistoric cultures occupied the mesas and canyons of southern Utah for more than 12,000 years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY AARON HUEY