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Rock ArtSite Name: Man-Face petroglyph (Union, Grenada)Country: Caribbean Islands
NOTE: This site is 50.712 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Village: Union, Southeast of Industry
Latitude: 12.207510N Longitude: 61.67112W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Dating is the subject of much debate but said to correspond to the Late Troumassoid / Suazoid period (ceramaic dating periods) approximately 900-1100AD. This is despite the fact that imagery on ceramics of those periods significantly differ from imagery on rock art but the theory has recently been advanced by Henry Petitjean Roget that ceramic art was executed by women and rock art by men. However, the possibility must exist that the rock art throughout the Lesser Antilles is older than this and, possibly, multi-period.
IMPORTANT NOTE: There are two villages called Union close together on the same stretch of road. The one you are looking for is on the road South West from Duquense Bay and the village of Industry before the road turns North West to Sauters. The other Union is West of Chantiemme. Do not rely on Google Earth for locating this village - almost all villages in Grenada are shown in the wrong location on GE. If you cannot find the rock, ask at the Police Station or any local for 'The Man-Face Rock'
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