Petroglyphs of western Colorado and the Northern Ute Indian Reservation
Subtitle: as interpreted by Clifford Duncan
By: Carol Patterson, PhD
Contributors: Duncan, Clifford, interpreter
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge -- volume 105, part 5; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 105, pt. 5.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781606180556
Subjects: Ute Indians; Antiquities; Petroglyphs
Description: Clifford Duncan, a Northern Ute elder, believed in educating the public to know and understand the meaning of Ute petroglyphs. By doing this, he believed it would help to preserve and protect them. Over the course of eight years, Clifford and the author visited and revisited all of these sites, discussing what they might represent. Clifford's father was an Uncompahgre Ute and wanted Clifford to know the traditional homelands of the Uncompahgres in western Colorado. Clifford made special trips all through the Uncompahgre Plateau (by car, on foot, and on horseback), seeking out any Ute petroglyphs and cultural sites. Later in his life, he and the author visited many of the petroglyphs on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation, along Hill Creek and Willow Creek. These petroglyphs were authored by the Uncompahgre and White River Utes. The interpretations of the petroglyphs of western Colorado and the Uintah-Ouray Reservation are supplemented with cultural and political history to provide a background context to Clifford's interpretations. In addition, ethnographic information from other scholars provides readers with a deep appreciation as to what makes Ute petroglyphs so unique and fascinating. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Utes from Utah and Colorado; title: Ute rock art of western Colorado; title: Historic rock art of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation; title: Summary.