Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites. Found in twenty-two of Kentucky's 120 counties, these sites span a period of more than three thousand years. The most frequent design elements in Kentucky rock art are engravings of the footprints of birds, quadrupeds, and humans. Other design elements include anthropomorphs, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and abstract and geometric figures. Included in this book are stunning illustrations of the sixty confirmed sites and ten destroyed or questionable sites. Only two pictograph sites have been recorded in Kentucky. Pictographs are found infrequently in the Eastern United States and are usually indistinct because of rapid deterioration. In the thirty-three years during which this information has been collected, there has been an alarming deterioration of many of the sites. Ancient carvings have been destroyed by graffiti or have lost extensive detail because of climatic or environmental conditions, such as acid rain. Although all the Kentucky sites are officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places, several no longer exist or are at present inaccessible. In addition to making data available for the first time to the national and international archaeological community for further comparative and interpretive studies, Rock Art of Kentucky will appeal to nonspecialists interested in prehistoric Kentucky and Native American studies.

SPONSOR'S PREFACE

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PREFACE

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1 INTRODUCTION

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2 NATIVE AMERICAN SITES

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Mattingly Petroglyph Site (15BC128)

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Tar Springs Petroglyph Site (15BC129)

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(3)

North Fork of Rough River Petroglyph Site (15BC130)

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(1)

Baby Track Rock Petroglyph Site (15BT40)

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(3)

Turkey Rock Petroglyph Site (15BT64)

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(3)

Reedyville Petroglyph Site (15BT65)

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(3)

Carter Caves Pictograph Site (15CR60)

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(2)

Pilot Rock Petroglyph Site (15CH200)

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Bar Creek Petroglyph Site (15CY18)

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(1)

Red Bird River Petroglyph Site (15CY51)

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Red Bird River Shelter Petroglyph Site (15CY52)

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Fish Trap Rock Petroglyph Site (15CY53)

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Laurel Branch Petroglyph Site (15CY265)

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Dismal Rock Petroglyph Site (15ED15)

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(1)

Asphalt Rock Pictograph Site (15ED24)

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Little Fairdale Petroglyph Site (15ED96)

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(1)

Big Gimlet Petroglyph Site (15EL3)

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Sparks Indian Rock House Petroglyph Site (15ES26)

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Ashley Petroglyph Site (15ES27)

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Sparks II Petroglyph Site (15ES59)

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Crow Hollow Petroglyph Site (15GY65)

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(2)

Saltsman Branch Petroglyph Site (15GY66)

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Saltsman Branch Shelter Petroglyph Site (15GY67)

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Jeffry Cliff Petroglyph Site (15HA114)

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Daugherty Bear Track Petroglyph Site (15JA160)

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Brushy Ridge Petroglyph Site (15JA161)

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William Gay Petroglyph Site (15JA234)

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Christmas Eve Petroglyph Site (15JA235)

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Peter Branch Cave Petroglyph Site (15JA355)

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Big Turtle Shelter Petroglyph Site (15LE55)

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Big Sinking Creek Turtle Rock Petroglyph Site (15LE57)

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Cave Fork Hill Petroglyph Site (15LE110)

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Perdue Petroglyph Site (15LE111)

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Bear Track Petroglyph Site (15LE112)

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Old Landing Petroglyph Site (15LE113)

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Fincastle Petroglyph Site (15LE120)

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Little Sinking Petroglyph Site (15LE215)

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Mantle Rock Petroglyph Site (15LV160)

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Burnt Ridge Petroglyph Site (15MA197)

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Payneville Petroglyph Site (15MD308)

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Indian Stairway Petroglyph Site (15MF160)

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Stone Foot Shelter Petroglyph Site (15MF178)

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Bell's Falls Petroglyph Site (15MF199)

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Spratt's Petroglyph Site (15MF353)

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Skidmore Petroglyph Site (15MF354)

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Martin Fork Petroglyph Site (15PO23)

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High Rock Petroglyph Site (15PO25)

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State Rock Petroglyph Site (15PO106)

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McKinney Bluff Petroglyph Site (15PO107)

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Amburgy Hollow Petroglyph Site (15PO108)

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White's Petroglyph Site (15PO154)

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Nada Tunnel 1 Petroglyph Site (15PO155)

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Nada Tunnel 2 Petroglyph Site (15PO156)

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Branham Ridge Petroglyph Site (15PO158)

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Knox Petroglyph Site (15PO159)

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Steven DeHart Petroglyph Site (15PO160)

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Ledford Hollow Petroglyph Site (15PO281)

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Loman Hill Petroglyph Site (15RK49)

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Jabez Petroglyph Site (15RU42)

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Caesar Hurst Shelter Petroglyph Site (15WO19)

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Trinity Shelter Petroglyph Site (15WO26)

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Seventeen Seventeen Petroglyph Site (15WO119)

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3 DESTROYED OR QUESTIONABLE SITES

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Wickliffe Petroglyph Site (15BA109)

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Catlettsburg Petroglyph Site (15BD81)

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Portsmouth Indian Head Petroglyph Site (15GP173)

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(1)

Grayson Springs Petroglyph Site (no site number)

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Pine Knob Petroglyph Site (15GY68)

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Clover Bottom Petroglyph Site (15JA162)

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Little Mud Creek Pictograph Site (15JO3)

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Unnamed Petroglyph Site (15LW93)

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Unnamed Petroglyph Site (no site number)

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Kentucky Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Euro-American Origin

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4 CONCLUSIONS

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GLOSSARY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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INDEX

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