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Possible mastodon carving found on rock

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 06 September 2007  Page Views: 7112

Rock ArtCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Rock Art

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They aren't certain, but underwater archaeologists say they may have discovered a boulder with a prehistoric carving in Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.

The granite rock has markings that resemble a mastodon with what could be a spear in its side, say divers who have seen it.

They came across the boulder at a depth of about 40 feet while searching for shipwrecks in June, said Mark Holley, a scientist with the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve Council.

"When you see it in the water, you're tempted to say this is absolutely real," Holley said Tuesday during a news conference with photos of the boulder on display. "But that's what we need the experts to come in and verify."

Specialists shown pictures of the boulder have asked for more evidence before confirming the markings are an ancient petroglyph, said Holley, an underwater archaeologist who teaches at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City.

"They want to actually see it," he said. Unfortunately, he added, "Experts in petroglyphs generally don't dive, so we're running into a little bit of a stumbling block there."

Among those withholding judgment is Daniel Fisher, curator of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, who has studied human interactions with mastodons. He has examined a couple of the photos and is waiting for more.

"The difficulty I saw was that the features of what's interpreted as an engraving were so subtle, and they're not the only thing on the boulder," Fisher said in a phone interview.

For more, see On the Net: Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve. and
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"Mastodon" carving photos by bat400 on Thursday, 06 September 2007
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A story that includes photos can be found at the Traverse City Record website.

Mastodon kill sites have been found in North America along with stone points, proving that the beasts had fatal human interactions in the Americas. Some debate continues on just how recent some of these interactions might have been, with pictogram and petroglyph sites that appear to show now extinct mega fauna coming into the discussion.
Figures of possible mamoth or mastodon are the point of hotest contention. Examples from estimated recent southwest rock art are often trotted out by creationists to support a compressed timeline since the beginnings of life on Earth, and touted by Mormons to support the storyline of their religous text.
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