Pictures by the Seedskadee: A Preliminary Analysis of the Biographic Rock Art of the Green River Basin, Southwestern, Wyoming

The Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming has only recently been recognized as containing a rich rock art record closely related to Plains styles and traditions. Preliminary recording in 2002 shows that Biographic rock art is a major component at six Green River Basin sites. The Biographic petroglyphs there represent four different styles that relate to both Northern Plains and Colorado Plateau rock art, reflecting the importance of the Green River as a traders’ rendezvous and travel route throughout the Historic period. An extensive Biographic composition at the La Barge Bluffs site is the finest realisticb composition currently known in Plains rock art.