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Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 18 July 2012  Page Views: 4657

Rock ArtSite Name: Track Rock Alternative Name: 9Un3
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 29.951 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Rock Art
 Nearest Village: Blairsville, GA
Latitude: 34.885000N  Longitude: 83.877W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
4 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
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Track Rock
Track Rock submitted by bat400_photo : Track Rock in the Track Rock Gap Archaeological Area in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia. These sketches are by James Mooney and the dashed lines indicate portions of the rock which have been removed by relic hunters. James Mooney, 1889. Powell, J. W. Nineteenth Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology." Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Part 1. Page 418. Plat... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Union County, Georgia. The site consists of six soapstone boulders covered with petroglyphs, many of which are in the form of animal and human tracks, although some "deer tracks" have been interpreted as vulvas. Other figures are more abstract and include crosses, circles and cup marks. Track Rock is one of the largest collections of petroglyphs in north Georgia.

Indian association with the stones is implied for dates as early as 1600 BC. This is the approximate date associated artifact finds of small soapstone bowls made from material removed from soapstone in the immediate area of Track Rock. Dates for the rock art itself is less understood, but it is thought that many of the figures are pre-European contact, possibly from 1000AD. The petroglyphs are associated with the pre-contact cultures now associated with the modern Cherokee and Muskogee Creek Nations.

The stones lie within a gap between Thunderstruck Mountain and the Buzzard Roost Ridge of the Brasstown Bald. Along the gap a pre-contact trail has been documented - the modern Track Rock Gap Road follows the path of the ancient trail. The trail head for the modern Arkaquah hiking trail is also near the rock art figures. This trail is also associated with a pre-contact trail.

The petroglyphs were first documented in the 1830's. At that time, Cherokee of the region variously described the petroglyphs as the doodles of hunters resting along the trail, or provided a supernatural explanation that the tracks were the prints of animals and people who walked the trail when the stone surface of the boulders was still soft.

Although now part of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, the figures had been vandalized as early as 1889. In the 1990's interpretive signage was put up and the boulders were covered with metal shutters to try to prevent further vandalism and wear from handling or walking on the boulders. In 2009 the petroglyphs were formally documented in a digital scanning project sponsored by the National Forest Service. After the recording was completed, the public access to the site was changed by removing the metal shutters and using low fences to imply the "display" and protection of the boulder faces.

The figures are difficult to see. Strong side lighting (early or late in the day, or by using a strong flashlight beam from the side) dramatically improves the visibility of the carvings.

The site is included in the larger Track Rock Gap Archaeological Area listing (pending) for the National Register of Historic Places. The location given for this listing is the approximate location of the boulders on the west side of Track Rock Gap Road. There is a parking area about 100 feet farther south along the road at a hiking trailhead.

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Hickorynut Track Rock
Hickorynut Track Rock submitted by Flickr : Hickorynut Track Rock, Boulder No. 1, White County, Georgia 1 This is a little known track rock in Georgia. Judging by the unusual remote location, the rock must have been in close proximity to a prehistoric trail. Image copyright: Alan Cressler (Alan Cressler), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Track Rock
Track Rock submitted by Flickr : Track Rock Petroglyphs Track Rock Indian Petroglyphs, located near Blairsville, Georgia. Believed to date back 1000 years, Creek Indians carved into soapstone boulders various images of animals and people. Featured on a Season 1 episode of "America Unearthed" on H2..... Image copyright: Art Mullis Photography (Arthur Mullis), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hickorynut Track Rock
Hickorynut Track Rock submitted by Flickr : Hickorynut Track Rock, Boulder No. 2, White County, Georgia 2 This is a little known track rock in Georgia. Judging by the unusual remote location, the rock must have been in close proximity to a prehistoric trail. Image copyright: Alan Cressler (Alan Cressler), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Track Rock
Track Rock submitted by Flickr : Track Rock, Boulder No. 6, Chattahoochee National Forest, Union County, Georgia 2 Track Rock is the most famous petroglyph site in Georgia. For more information: www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5345701.pdf Image copyright: Alan Cressler (Alan Cressler), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Track Rock
Track Rock submitted by Flickr : Track Rock Petroglyphs Track Rock Indian Petroglyphs, located near Blairsville, Georgia. Believed to date back 1000 years, Creek Indians carved into soapstone boulders various images of animals and people. Featured on a Season 1 episode of "America Unearthed" on H2..... Image copyright: Art Mullis Photography (Arthur Mullis), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Track Rock
Track Rock submitted by Flickr

Track Rock
Track Rock submitted by Flickr : Track Rock Gap-Union County Georgia Image copyright: coveman, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Track Rock Gap Archaeological Area
Track Rock Gap Archaeological Area submitted by bat400_photo : The ruggesd and heavily forested landscape of Brasstown Bald, northern Georgia. The Track Rock Archaeological Area lies to the immediate west of of this area. View to the South from Brasstown Bald. Source: [http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/seasonal/fall/the_bald.htm Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest website] This image is a work of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agricul...

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