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Crowsnest Lake - Crowsnest Lake Pictographs

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Borden NumberDjPp-1 Site Typerock art DescriptionLocated in "the cave" on the CPR tracks north of Crowsnest Lake, in a limestone cavern from which springs the main source of the Oldman River. The site consists of badly defaced and faded pictographs; the preserved ones seem to be a symbol, a man with two veritcal bars representing the neck and no head. Also found here were two fragments of limestone with ochre in them.

Site Name Crowsnest Lake Alternate Site Name Crowsnest Lake Pictographs Borden Number DjPp-1 Site Type rock art Description
Located in "the cave" on the CPR tracks north of Crowsnest Lake, in a limestone cavern from which springs the main source of the Oldman River. The site consists of badly defaced and faded pictographs; the preserved…
Located in "the cave" on the CPR tracks north of Crowsnest Lake, in a limestone cavern from which springs the main source of the Oldman River. The site consists of badly defaced and faded pictographs; the preserved ones seem to be a symbol, a man with two veritcal bars representing the neck and no head. Also found here were two fragments of limestone with ochre in them.

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"Site Details - Crowsnest Lake - Crowsnest Lake Pictographs, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-662/17-11223. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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There are 5 specimens from this Item Group

967.15.1 - large mammal bone

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebone Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Lake Date Collected1966-01-17

967.15.2 - bone

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebone Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Lake Date Collected1966-01-17

967.15.3 - cervid maxilla bone

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebone Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Lake Date Collected1966-01-17

967.15.4 - large mammal metapodial bone

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebone Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Lake Date Collected1966-01-17

967.15.1LOT - faunal specimens

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typebone Place CollectedNorth America: Canada, Alberta, Crowsnest Lake Date Collected1966-01-17