Fremont Anthropomorph
by Kathleen Bishop
Title
Fremont Anthropomorph
Artist
Kathleen Bishop
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Fine art scenic southwestern landscape photograph capturing detail of Fremont anthropomorphic petroglyphs on a cliff face in a northern Utah canyon. Diverse groups of Native Americans labeled "Fremont" by archaeologists ranged over a wide area of the southwest including the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin. Some were primarily farmers, living in established communities, while others were nomadic hunter/gatherers.
Archaeologists estimate that the Fremont culture began to develop around 2,500 years ago and it continued until around 1,350 A.D. but the people were loosely affiliated bands rather than more culturally cohesive groups such as the Anasazi. The Fremont may have spoken different languages or dialects and held different belief systems but they did leave behind a few distinctive cultural artifacts that provide evidence of contact between bands. These include unique one-rod-and-bundle basketry construction, moccasins utilizing animal hocks or leg bones, trapezoidal-shaped anthropomorphic clay figurines and thin-walled gray pottery.
Despite variations in themes and elements, anyone familiar with prehistoric American rock art can easily identify most Fremont style art at a glance. A classic example is the stylized, jewelry-bedecked anthropomorphic figure in this photograph.
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March 16th, 2015
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