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Shoal Creek Rock Cherokee County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
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Shoal Creek Rock Cherokee County, GA |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2023) |
| On my way home from the Fall 2023 GPCA Symposium, I stopped by this rock art site which I've been wanting to see for a while. The rock has become much covered by lichens and moss since it was last cleaned and mapped back around 2007. I arrived at mid afternoon, and after exploring the site, only had time to partially clean one of the three panels. These panels are on an almost vertical rock face over the creek, along with a series of footprints and cupules. The petroglyph design is unusual for this area. |
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| Petroglyph rock along the creek |
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| The one panel that I had time to partially clean. The dot-in-circle motif within the rectangle is not a common design in our area. |
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| Close-up of center of the panel. |
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| Carved footprint, with long splayed toes |
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| Another footprint, above the first one |
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| Cupules |
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| Single Cupule |
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| More recent carved letters |
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| Shoal Creek Rock in the late 1950s with amateur archaeologist Margaret Perryman. |
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| Frontal Elevation View by Jannie Loubser. |