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Rock ArtSite Name: Jeffers Petroglyphs
Country: United States Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Comfrey, MN
Latitude: 44.092250N  Longitude: 95.052722W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Amid the prairie grasses are islands of uncovered rock, where American Indian ancestors left carvings — petroglyphs — humans, deer, elk, buffalo, turtles, thunderbirds, atlatls, and arrows. They tell a story that spans more than 7,000 years.

The earliest carvings at Jeffers Petroglyphs were created as much as 7,000 years ago. The most recent were made about 250 years ago. This long time span makes Jeffers one of, if not the, oldest continuously used sacred sites in the world.

The site preserves more than 4,000 American Indian images carved into solid horizontal irregularly-shaped Sioux quartzite outcrops. Among the earliest carvings found here are images of buffalo and atlatls, or throwing sticks. Atlatls and darts were used to hunt buffaloes before the bow and arrow were developed 1,200 years ago. These symbols, along with other images carved on the rock, such as thunderbirds and turtles, remain important in American Indian culture. It is interesting to note that the stones do not record bows and arrows. Also "missing" are glyphs representing horses, indicating that the site was no longer used by the late 1700s, although rock art from later times is prevalent.

The carvings of deer, buffalo, turtles, thunderbirds and humans are more than art of mimicry of the natural environment. They are powerful cultural symbols of the complex communities that inhabit the prairies of southwestern Minnesota and still thrive today.
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Jeffers Petroglyphs State Park - Minnesota
Helianthus Grosseserratus (Sawtooth Sunflower)
Cirsium discolor (Field Thistle Flower, Prairie Thistle)
Verbena stricta (Hoary Vervain)
Liatris Pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing-Star, Prairie Gay Feather)
Ratibida pinnata (Drooping Prairie-Coneflower)

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