A group of my old work mates has an annual pre-Christmas get-together for lunch & drinks in Kennesaw.   I hadn't attended since we moved up to the mountains, so I decided to drive down and join them in 2021.   I stayed overnight and made plans for the next day on my way home to find and photograph a few sites that have been on my radar for a while.   The first two spots I visited were Native American petroglyph sites: 1 - Boling Rock, Cherokee Co., GA

Carved basin, surrounded by petroglyphs.

Plan view by J. Loubser.

Detail of some of the petroglyph carvings.

Varying the POV slightly changes the visibility of the individual carvings.

Stone abutment from an old, long-gone bridge over the creek.

Bridge abutment on the opposite side.

On my way to the petroglyph rock, I passed a ledge with a number of cupule holes pecked into it. Some are visible, while others don't show well in this image.

I also noticed this rock in the river that had a couple of cupule holes.

The same view, with the polarizer adjusted differently, reveals additional cupules.

2 - River Hill Petroglyphs, Forsyth Co., GA These three rocks were relocated from their original site when a subdivision was built there.

River Hill Boulder 1

Detail of the main glyph

Boulder 1

Boulder 1 A number of cupule holes are visible at lower right...

Boulder 1

Boulder 2. Unlike Boulder 1, the carvings on this rock are very faint, due to centuries of weathering.   They are barely visible, even after wetting the rock.

Boulder 3. Even fainter than Boulder 2, the carving on this rock is barely visible today...

Plan map from J. Loubser tracing

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