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Rock ArtSite Name: Safe Harbor PetroglyphsCountry: United States Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: York, PA Nearest Village: Safe Harbor, PA
Latitude: 39.888000N Longitude: 76.366W
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 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.These petroglyphs are possibly the largest surviving concentration of prehistoric rock art in the eastern United States. The images vary stylistically from representational figures to the abstract. Dating, as with all rock art, is tentative, but likely in excess of 1000 years for these examples. Many of the petroglyphs show designs associated with known art from Algonquian peoples.
From the earliest European contact these examples of rock art have been known and recorded at sites all along the Lower Susquehanna River, above its outflow to the Chesapeake Bay. Unfortunately, many have been covered over by the rising waters behind dams. In 2002 the Conejohela Chapter of Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology systematically recorded more than 300 petroglyphs on seven rocks along this stretch of the river, below the Safe Harbor Dam. Members of the Friends of the Safe Harbor Petroglyphs have documented and continue to monitor these sites.
The location given is for the public boat launch site at Pequea, Pennsylvania. The petroglyphs themselves appear on a variety of rocky islands in the river. Guided kayak and canoe tours are the best way to see the petroglyphs, which are generally narrow line incised or pecked images.
Sources:
Petroglyphs in the Susquehanna River Near Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania, Cadzow.
Petroglyphs of Pennsylvania, Kurt Carr and Paul Nevin.
Note: See comments. Central Pennsylvania petroglyphs tantalize investigators. Take a kayak tour of the sites.
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