The Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel is an example of rock art, located in Buckhorn Draw in the

San Rafael Swell The San Rafael Swell is a large geologic feature located in south-central Utah, United States about west of Green River. The San Rafael Swell, measuring approximately , consists of a giant dome-shaped anticline of sandstone, shale, and limesto ...

in central Utah, approximately four miles north of the San Rafael campground and bridge. Primarily a Barrier Canyon Style panel, there are a few later

petroglyphs A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...

of Fremont culture origin as well. In many cases the Fremont painted figures on top of the older Barrier Canyon ones. The route up Buckhorn Draw was part of the Old Spanish Trail. As a result of the relatively large number of people passing by, the panel was repeatedly vandalized and marked with

graffiti Graffiti (plural; singular ''graffiti'' or ''graffito'', the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from s ...

over the years. In 1996 the State of Utah and Emery County restored the panel as part of the state's centennial celebration.

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