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featuring Bears Ears National Monument and The Escalante Canyons

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BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT

CEDAR MESA—VARIOUS CANYONS

Dry Wash is a typical Cedar Mesa canyon with numerous ledges to shelter a site and an intermittent stream.

"Anasazi" structures in an unnamed canyon of Bears Ears National Monument are only visible from one rim.

"Jailhouse Site" is a well-known Anasazi site in Bears Ears National Monument.

Pottery shards are often found near surface sites in Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument.

A series of masonry block rooms are shown in this "Anasazi" site in Bears Ears, Cedar Mesa, Utah.

An "Anasazi" site with a defensive wall is shown. Bears Ears National Monument, Utah.

Camouflaged "Anasazi" site and water source in the northern part of Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears, is shown.

Abasazi "oberrvation blind" Cedar Mesa, BearsEars National Monument.

Behind a defensive wall in an "Anasazi" site, Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument.

A remote, multi-story "Anasazi" site from the 13th century is shown. Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah, USA..

Decorative stones were utilized in an "Anasazi" site in Bears Ears National Monument, Utah.

A 13th-century "Anasazi" wall is precariously placed on a high cliff in Bears Ears National Monument,

This photo shows a deep canyon in Bears Ears National Monument with colorful fall cottonwoods.

Ancient "Anasazi" handprints have been painted on the underside of a large boulder in Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears.

A blind at the edge of a canyon permitted the "Anasazi" lookout to see far up and down the canyon. Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah,

Petroglyph of a bighorn sheep pierced by the darts of an atlatl are carved into a rock in a remote canyon of Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument.

This is a photo of a multi-level structure, camouflaged by building it in the recesses of a canyon wall. Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears, Utah.

So-called "Headache House, "Anasazi" Ruin, Bears Ears National Monument. "

Twin entryways of a granary and/or residence lead into a sizeable space under a ledge in Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears, Utah.

Locally named "fortress site" in Cedar Mesa shows a series of 13th century "Anasazi" structures on a ledge, Bears Ears, Utah.

A single "Anasazi" structure was likely used to store grain. Cedar Mesa, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah.

All images © 2024 Donald J. Rommes and Nancy Rommes

Blaine, Washington, USA

info.rommesarts@gmail.com

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