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Rock ArtSite Name: South Carolina Rock Art Center Alternative Name: Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center, Hagood Mill RockCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Greenville Nearest Village: Pickens
Latitude: 34.926700N Longitude: 82.721W
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 Pickens County, South Carolina.
Over two dozen petroglyphs, including human "stick figures" and other symbols, on a 30-foot long flat topped boulder, and are similar to those found on the well known Judaculla Rock (shown here.) Based on the location and stylistic factors, the figures are thought to be 1000 to 2000 years old. The carvings are extremely faint and not readily visible in full light. They were rediscovered in 2003 by a volunteer working for the South Carolina Rock Art Survey.
The rock art is on the property of the Hagood Mill historical park of Pickens County. After the discovery of the figures, a decision was made to enclose the stone and provide artificial, indirect lighting to prevent the vandalism which has too often occurred at open air rock art sites, and to allow visitors to more easily see the figures. The result is the South Carolina Rock Art Center, scheduled for opening in 2014. In addition to the presentation, in situ, of the Hagood Mill Rock, the museum will interpret other sites in the region and have museum displays of pre-contact artifacts and some examples of rock art long since removed from its original location.
For now, see Hagood Mill Historical Park.
Note: Carolinas’ rocks hold ancient messages. Summary article with emphasis on the South Carolina ROck Art Center set to open in 2014.
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