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Glen Canyon Style 5

Glen Canyon Style 5 is an Archaic petroglyph style, named in the 1960s during studies of the rock art of the Glen Canyon region on the Colorado River. Those studies were made just before Glen Canyon Dam flooded much of the canyon under Lake Powell, so many of the panels recorded then are now underwater. The style is known for tall, thin pecked human-like figures, often with patterns and geometric designs, and is thought to be several thousand years old, older than the Ancestral Puebloan rock art often found nearby.

Long, thin pecked Glen Canyon Style 5 figures and patterns on a boulder

Archaic Glen Canyon Style 5 petroglyphs. The rock rolled a quarter turn after this art was created. Later era Ancestral Puebloan rock art is showing on the left side.

Tall pecked Glen Canyon Style 5 figures on a sandstone wall

Middle figure is tall, about six feet / two meters. A mile away is a Colorado Barrier Canyon Style painting.

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