Northeast Wyoming Plate 2
Item Metadata
Title
Northeast Wyoming Plate 2
Subject
New Deal, 1933-1939.; Petroglyphs -- Wyoming.
Description
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 to the cave proper. The panel extends for twenty-nine feet in length and to a depth of five feet from the present floor-level, with an extension of two feet above.
The main figures are the following, reading from left to right: (1) square 7, beaver tails; (2) square 7 and 8, bear track with buffalo track superimposed; (3) square 8, female sign; (4) deer track two squares below this figure; (5) square 9, three bear tracks; (6) square 10, buffalo track; (7) square 14 and 15, mountain sheep horns; (8) buffalo head with three deeply cut tool-grooves across face (lower figure); (9) square 17, bird with arrowshaft thru body; (10) squares 16, 17 and 18, body of snake; (11) squares 18 and 19, head of buffalo; (12) square 20, turtle; (13) square 14 to 24 inclusive, body of snake eleven feet in length; (15) square 27m figure of bird. Best example of deep tool-grooves may be seen in squares 15, 16, 17 and 18.
See Conclusions for Plate 2 (Located in paper).
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 to the cave proper. The panel extends for twenty-nine feet in length and to a depth of five feet from the present floor-level, with an extension of two feet above.
The main figures are the following, reading from left to right: (1) square 7, beaver tails; (2) square 7 and 8, bear track with buffalo track superimposed; (3) square 8, female sign; (4) deer track two squares below this figure; (5) square 9, three bear tracks; (6) square 10, buffalo track; (7) square 14 and 15, mountain sheep horns; (8) buffalo head with three deeply cut tool-grooves across face (lower figure); (9) square 17, bird with arrowshaft thru body; (10) squares 16, 17 and 18, body of snake; (11) squares 18 and 19, head of buffalo; (12) square 20, turtle; (13) square 14 to 24 inclusive, body of snake eleven feet in length; (15) square 27m figure of bird. Best example of deep tool-grooves may be seen in squares 15, 16, 17 and 18.
See Conclusions for Plate 2 (Located in paper).
Type
Image
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_Plate02
Format
JPEG
Original Format
Photographic Print
Collection
Citation
Ted C. Sowers; Works Progress Administration, “Northeast Wyoming Plate 2,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed July 26, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/4890.