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A state historical marker on the river attributes the markings to the Cherokee Chief Red Bird, for whom the river was named. In the book Rock Art of Kentucky the authors write that "No mention of Chief Red Bird could be found in several early Kentucky histories published in the nineteenth century. Therefore we contacted the Kentucky Historical ...
The site is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) open habitation area on an alluvial terrace of sand and gravel beds overlooking the Ohio River. [2] The eastern side of the site was occupied twice during the Late Archaic period, 3715 plus or minus 40 years before the present, during the Central Ohio Valley phase (2750-1750 BCE) and 3090 plus or minus 50 years before the present, during the Maple Creek ...
Pages in category "Petroglyphs in Kentucky" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Red Bird River Petroglyphs This page was last ...
Petroglyph on western coast of Hawaii Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Modern Hopi have interpreted the petroglyphs at Mesa Verde National Park's Petroglyph Point as depictions of the Eagle, Mountain Sheep, Parrot, Horned Toad, and Mountain Lion clans, and the Ancestral Puebloans who inhabited the mesa
The Red River Gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. The forest maintains 706,000 acres while the Red River Gorge consists of 29,000 acres of rugged terrain inside of it.
The petroglyphs are etched into lava rocks from cliffs formed millions of years ago and provide a glimpse thousands of years into the past. ... beginning of this trail are 10,000 years old, plus ...
The site is probably not as old as the Leo Petroglyphs, dating from perhaps 800 years ago. Although Inscription Rock is also protected by a modern shelter, the rock has been so eroded that it’s ...
The petroglyphs cover a roughly 9-acre (0.036 km 2) area and are open to public access. These petroglyphs were designated a National Historical Site by the National Park Service on September 8, 1989, and were subsequently assigned the reference number 89001191. The petroglyphs appear to be created for several purposes that include art, religion ...