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# Pictographs in Barrier Canyon, otherwise known as Horseshoe Canyon, in the desert of central Utah
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/piktogrammy-v-barernom-kanone-inache-nazyvaemom-khorsshu-raspolozhennom-v-pustyne-tsentralnoi-chasti-shtata-iuta/
- Published: 2025-04-30T18:09:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:21.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Ethnography, Humour

Pictographs in Barrier Canyon, otherwise known as Horseshoe Canyon, in the desert of central Utah. The little figures, in some respects resembling people, in others insects, in others your common-or-garden extraterrestrials, have given their name to an entire style of rock art: similar petroglyphs are said to be in the Barrier Canyon style.

They date from somewhere between 2000 BC and AD 500\. Naturally, the interpretation of the images is hypothetical: it is written that they may depict a spirit, a deity or a human being during a special ritual or in a liminal state.

In reality, of course, this is a sketch of an encounter with representatives of a foreign civilisation, for it has been known since ancient times that if you do not document the extraordinary properly, who will believe you afterwards?

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_16281@30-04-2025_21-09-24.jpg)

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