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A geological map of Spanish Diggings.

A sketch of Spanish Diggings sites.

A quarterly report to sponsors of UW for the Wyoming Archaeology Project from the 4th quarter of 1939.

Northeast Wyoming Plate 13, taken at Johnstone Ranch.

Petroglyph at the Johnstone Ranch. This figure was located on a fallen boulder and no doubt part of the figure is missing. Due to this, it is impossible to identify. Note how balanced and…

Northeast Wyoming Plate 12, taken at Carr Ranch.

Arrowshaft located on the Carr Ranch; lichen had to be removed to permit photographing the figure.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…