Petroglyphs in Sandstone
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33GU218
in Guernsey County, Ohio
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Approx. 60 cm (24")
below unglaciated and undisturbed terrain surface.
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Note the sharp V-profile
grooves, professionally identified as having been made with a
sharp-edged object (flint?) drawn forcefully across the surface of the
rock. (Not worm fossils as some archaeologists have
insisted.) |
![Spider Petroglyph - Day's Knob Archaeological Site](images/SPDR01.JPG)
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![Mastodon Petroglyph - 33GU218](images/MTDN01_2.JPG)
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Spider |
Mastodon
head, right profile |
![Petroglyphs In Situ - 33GU218](images/Pglyphs_Prov_01.jpg)
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The petroglyphs in situ,
about 60 cm (24") below the current terrain surface in a
truck track along the access path up the hill, after years of
grading, erosion, and vegetation regrowth. It is
anticipated that additional petroglyphs might appear when more
of this fine-grained sandstone stratum is uncovered. |
![](images/FH0504E.jpg)
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April 2005, Dr. Arsen Faradzhev
(Moscow State University) photographing the petroglyphs. |
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