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Vandals have etched a racist phrase, “white power”, as well as other graffiti, over millennia-old Native American petroglyphs in Utah. The Bureau of Land Management Utah has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Rock art sites on federal lands are nationally protected areas and it is strongly prohibited to touch the art as even oil from fingertips can irreparably damage the fragile rock surface. - The four-panel collection of petroglyphs known as the “Birthing Rock” in Moab, Utah was etched into the red sandstone boulder...
) The Moab region is home to some of the most significant archaeological sites and national parks in North America and the Birthing Rock petroglyphs are located in territory belonging to the Anasazi, Fremont, and Ute cultures. The images are based on celestial observations and decorated with animal and human figures. Although there is no reliable dating technique for rock art void of organic matter, archaeologists have dated the panel’s artwork to around 1,000 years ago. A panel of the "Birthing Rock" rock art in Moab, Utah, prior to its defacement with racist and obscene carvings. (I.M. ...
âThat is disturbing... I thought at this day and age we would all respect one anotherâs identity,â said Woody Lee, executive director of Utah Diné Bikéyah, when he was informed about the recent vandalism of the Birthing Rock petroglyphs. [Read â1,000-year-old petroglyphs marred by graffitiâ -ed.] âCivilization here is supposed to be at a higher level, and yet we degrade ourselves by doing stuff like this,â Lee said. UDB is a nonprofit with representatives from five tribes in the Southwestâthe Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Ute Mountain Ute and Uintah Ouray U...