Petroglyphs of Northeast Wyoming
Collection Metadata
Title
Petroglyphs of Northeast Wyoming
Subject
New Deal, 1933-1939.; Petroglyphs -- Wyoming.
Description
This collection consists of reports on and descriptions of petroglyphs and pictographs created during the New Deal archaeology that happened across Wyoming during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Ted C. Sowers oversaw these reports as Supervisor for the Archaeological Project of the Works Project Administration. Danny N. Walker, PhD, RPA, Wyoming State Archaeologists' Office, writes in a poster presented at the Society for American Archaeology's 76th Annual Meeting, "As with many other WPA projects, the survey closed with the advent of World War II, but provided a basis for future archaeological research" (2011). The Natrona County Public Library held these reports before they were transferred to the Casper College Library's Special Collections.
Creator
Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration
Is Part Of
Ted C. Sowers Papers and Photographs, SpecColl 01.1941.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
SpecColl 01.1941.01_PoNEW
Collection Items
Northeast Wyoming Plate 1
Northeast Wyoming Plate 1, sketch of Medicine Creek Cave.
Petroglyphs located on the northwest and northeast walls of Medicine Creek Cave. The scale of this graph is one inch equals one foot. The zig-zag line indicates the present floor-level,…
Petroglyphs located on the northwest and northeast walls of Medicine Creek Cave. The scale of this graph is one inch equals one foot. The zig-zag line indicates the present floor-level,…
Northeast Wyoming Plate 2
Northeast Wyoming Plate 2, sketch of Medicine Creek Cave.
Petroglyphs located on the southeast wall of Medicine Creek Cave. The scale is the same as Plate 1. Again the zig-zag line represents the present floor level-leve. This entire plate belongs…
Petroglyphs located on the southeast wall of Medicine Creek Cave. The scale is the same as Plate 1. Again the zig-zag line represents the present floor level-leve. This entire plate belongs…
Northeast Wyoming Plate 3
Northeast Wyoming Plate 3, taken at Medicine Creek Cave.
A poor photograph of the anthropomorphic female figure at the Medicine Creek Cave. The narrowness of the cave (3 & 1/2) ft.) would not permit a good picture. However the champ-leve style can…
A poor photograph of the anthropomorphic female figure at the Medicine Creek Cave. The narrowness of the cave (3 & 1/2) ft.) would not permit a good picture. However the champ-leve style can…
Northeast Wyoming Plate 4
Northeast Wyoming Plate 4, taken at Medicine Creek Cave.
Zoomorphic figure of an elk represented at the Medicine Creek Cave on the outside northwest wall. Note how natural the figure appears, even to details such as the dew-claws. Lichen was…
Zoomorphic figure of an elk represented at the Medicine Creek Cave on the outside northwest wall. Note how natural the figure appears, even to details such as the dew-claws. Lichen was…
Northeast Wyoming Plates 5 & 6
Northeast Wyoming Plates 5 & 6, taken at Carr Ranch.
Both plates (Carr Ranch) are zoomorphic and represent deer and mountain sheep. The lower figure suggests a mule-deer. It is most interesting to note the lifeline on these animals which runs from…
Both plates (Carr Ranch) are zoomorphic and represent deer and mountain sheep. The lower figure suggests a mule-deer. It is most interesting to note the lifeline on these animals which runs from…
Northeast Wyoming Plates 7 & 6
Northeast Wyoming Plates 6 & 7, taken at Carr Ranch.
The upper plate shows a man with lance on horse fighting another man on foot armed with bow and arrows. The dotted line was badly eroded.
The lower plate was also eroded, but represents…
The upper plate shows a man with lance on horse fighting another man on foot armed with bow and arrows. The dotted line was badly eroded.
The lower plate was also eroded, but represents…
Northeast Wyoming Plates 9 & 10
Northeast Wyoming Plates 9 & 10, taken from Carr Ranch.
The upper photograph shows a porcupine incised in sandstone on the Carr Ranch.
The lower plate shows an anthropomorphized figure at upper left. Note the pointed shoulders. The large…
The upper photograph shows a porcupine incised in sandstone on the Carr Ranch.
The lower plate shows an anthropomorphized figure at upper left. Note the pointed shoulders. The large…
Northeast Wyoming Plate 11
Northeast Wyoming Plate 11, taken at Carr Ranch.
Pictograph located on Carr Ranch, on standstone cliffs along the Belle Fourch River. The black pigment is peeling badly, but the figure of a deer is easily recognized. Note the horns and white patch…
Pictograph located on Carr Ranch, on standstone cliffs along the Belle Fourch River. The black pigment is peeling badly, but the figure of a deer is easily recognized. Note the horns and white patch…
Northeast Wyoming Plate 12
Northeast Wyoming Plate 12, taken at Carr Ranch.
Arrowshaft located on the Carr Ranch; lichen had to be removed to permit photographing the figure.
Arrowshaft located on the Carr Ranch; lichen had to be removed to permit photographing the figure.