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Image: Ancestral Shoshone Indian petroglyphs (~1000 to ~200 years old) (White Mountain Petroglyphs, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 5 (22865206805)

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Description: Human hands - Ancestral Shoshone Indian-made petroglyphs (~1000 to ~200 years old) on fluvial, quartzose sandstone cliff face (Wasatch Formation, Paleocene to lowermost Eocene) in Wyoming. These handprints were produced by rubbing of fingers on the slightly friable sandstone surface. Locality: White Mountain Petroglyphs, eastern flank of White Mountain, north of the town of Rock Springs, southwestern Wyoming, USA
Title: Ancestral Shoshone Indian petroglyphs (~1000 to ~200 years old) (White Mountain Petroglyphs, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 5 (22865206805)
Credit: Ancestral Shoshone Indian petroglyphs (~1000 to ~200 years old) (White Mountain Petroglyphs, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 5
Author: James St. John
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