. Bulletin. Ethnology. Wbdhl] AN INTRODUCTION TO KANSAS ARCHEOLOGY 491. O (D ® Figure 92.—Petroglyphs from locality No. 7, near Gait, 14RC11. Above the main seep are a few inconspicuous petroglyphs (fig. 92). The principal one now visible has a central cavity about 10 cm. across by 3 or 4 cm. deep, encircled by a line about 3 cm. distant. Between the hole and the encircling line is a rounded ridge, with short radial lines running up out of the cavity. There are traces of a second incomplete encircling line. Just below and to one side are faint evidences of a circular or oval design, vertically
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Wbdhl] AN INTRODUCTION TO KANSAS ARCHEOLOGY 491. O (D ® Figure 92.—Petroglyphs from locality No. 7, near Gait, 14RC11. Above the main seep are a few inconspicuous petroglyphs (fig. 92). The principal one now visible has a central cavity about 10 cm. across by 3 or 4 cm. deep, encircled by a line about 3 cm. distant. Between the hole and the encircling line is a rounded ridge, with short radial lines running up out of the cavity. There are traces of a second incomplete encircling line. Just below and to one side are faint evidences of a circular or oval design, vertically bisected by two lines, with each part of the circle filled in with parallel horizontal lines. There are a number of simple circles, each with a vertical line running partly or entirely across it. The direction of exposure is an unfavorable one, and it is quite possible that a number of other figures have been obliterated by weathering (pi. 77, c). Site No. 8. Near Minneajiolis^ Ottawa County {UfOTJ/).—This rather unusual group is on a northeast-facing sandstone bluff about 6 miles southeast of Minneapolis, in the SE14 Sec. 33, E3W, TllS, and about 3I/2 miles southeast of the village site designated Min- neapolis 1 (Wedel, 1935). A swale fronts the bluff, suggesting an abandoned channel of the Solomon Eiver, now some hundreds of yards distant. The bluff is screened by trees, and at its base is a sandy accimiulation whose upper portions cover parts of some of the carvings. I know of no village site in the immediate vicinity, though it must be admitted that no very thorough search for one has yet been made. The most striking figures on the cliff, apparently repiesenting mythological creatures or monsters, cover a more or less continuous panel perhaps 25 feet long by 6 or 8 feet high. They are quadrupeds;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustration
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