Pecos River Style anthropomorphic figures in Panther Cave. There are not hard dates from the artwork here. However, Dr. Carolyn Boyd dated 12other Pecos River Style murals and established that this style of painting begins more than 6,000 years ago.

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A human figure drawn into the mud wall if Mud Glyph cave. The figures in the cave date from around 1250 CE placing them in the Mississippian era of Southeastern US archaeology. Of course we have no idea what these people called themselves. #archaeology #caveart #filmscan

The Electric Deer petroglyph from the Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada

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Newspaper Rock, Utah is a sandstone panel, roughly 200 square feet in size, covered in an incredible array of petroglyphs. These carvings, etched into the dark desert varnish of the rock, feature more than 650 individual images. Photos by @alvarezphotography.bsky.social

A well known Barrier Canyon Style pictograph panel in central Utah. The central human image is the size of a person.