Ohio History
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| Rock Carving |
Now we’re back on windy roads into the rough, wooded hills of Jackson County. Our next stop was not a museum at all, just a large rock in the ground inside a picnic shelter. But this sandstone bedrock is very unusual, for on its surface are carved 37 prehistoric pictures, or petroglyphs. They are attributed to Fort Ancient Indians from about 700 years ago. Their purpose remains unknown—possibly tribal symbols or a pictographic history. Among the figures are birds, snakes, fish, human figures, and different kinds of footprints. The image above is unidentified: it looks something like a bird’s head and wings to me. What do you think?
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| Stone Fish |
3 comments:
Sort of looks like a penguin.
Fascinating - kind of like a library where they would tell stories about the pictures?
Wow, that's amazing how they carved those. Rocks are pretty tuff:).
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