The Nine Mile Canyon inwards eastern Utah , inwards the U.S.A. of America , is identify to ane of the largest concentration of native American stone fine art inwards North America. More than ane chiliad stone fine art sites has been identified inwards this expanse , amongst a conservative approximate of 10 chiliad private engraving , only or hence archeologists suspect the actual numbers are to a greater extent than together with hence 10 times higher. It has been called "the world's longest fine art gallery".
The Nine Mile Canyon is genuinely xl miles long , together with was carved past times the Nine Mile Creek , a small-scale river that flows into the Green River. The refer comes from the map of early on explorer John Wesley Powell's cartographer , who did a nine-mile triangulation drawing patch mapping the region.
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Most of the engravings together with pictographs inwards the canyon walls were made past times the Fremont Indians , who made Nine Mile Canyon their identify equally early on equally 300 AD. The early on Fremont people were nomadic , moving from identify to identify foraging wild nutrient together with growing corn. By 750 AD , hamlet life had developed amongst a seat out of farming villages consisting of semi-subterranean timber together with mud pithouses. The stone fine art were done betwixt 950 AD together with 1250 AD , at the superlative of the Fremont culture. By 1500 AD , the indigenous civilization had vanished. The exact reasons for this disappearance are non known. It is believed that the to a greater extent than aggressive Ute , Paiute together with Shoshoni people drove them out of the region.
The stone fine art also equally other ancient artifacts such equally stone dwellings together with granaries are straight off protected past times constabulary , although the stone fine art is however vulnerable to natural erosion together with dust created past times increasing vehicular traffic.
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Sources: Wikipedia / www.blm.gov / climb-utah.com