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Rock ArtSite Name: Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State ParkCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Cass City
Latitude: 43.648778N Longitude: 83.019306W
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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Rock Art in Sanilac County, Michigan. Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is a state park containing Michigan's only known rock carvings attributable to Native American Indians. The park consists of 240 acres (0.97 km2) in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
The carvings, known as petroglyphs, were discovered by residents after a fire swept through the area in 1881 and revealed rocks bearing the designs. Because they are made in relatively friable sandstone, geologists have been able to determine that the carvings were made 300 to 1,000 years ago. There is concern that without preservation, the carvings may be worn further away and lost.
The petroglyphs include depictions of swirls, lines, handprints, flying birds and bow-wielding men, created by an unknown Native American tribe on a 1,000-square-foot (93 m2) sandstone rock in Sanilac County, Michigan between 300 and 1,000 years ago. The petroglyphs are the only known such carvings in the state of Michigan.
The sandstone slab in which the petroglyphs were carved is a soft stone that allowed Native Americans to cut it easily. But that softness has proven problematic as it has allowed generations of visitors to damage the slab with graffiti. Graffiti combined with natural weathering has made the actual petrogyphs difficult for visitors to see. The state has made a series of improvements to the site to protect the slab.
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