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- Collection: Petroglyphs of Castle Garden
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Castle Garden Frontispiece
The frontispiece of the Castle Garden paper, a render of the Great Turtle, which had been removed by the time of Ted C. Sowers' survey.
Castle Garden Plate 1
Plate 1 from the Castle Garden collection
Northwest view, taken from the extreme end of the gardens. X-indicate rocks where petroglyphs were found.
Northwest view, taken from the extreme end of the gardens. X-indicate rocks where petroglyphs were found.
Castle Garden Plate 10
Plate 10 from the Castle Garden collection A Zoomorphic petroglyph of a shield with small turtles (similar to the Great Turtle) in each quarter. The marks left by the rubbing of a pine tree branch me be clearly seen in the upper right hand corner.…
Castle Garden Plate 11
Plate 11 from the Castle Garden collection
A complex panel of shields and possibly drums. The shield to the extreme left is a chromopetroglyph. Four heads complete the design and a green band was painted across each face. Below it is the figure of…
A complex panel of shields and possibly drums. The shield to the extreme left is a chromopetroglyph. Four heads complete the design and a green band was painted across each face. Below it is the figure of…
Castle Garden Plate 12
Plate 12 from the Castle Garden collection
An Anthropomorphic Chromopetroglyph of a warrior on a shield. He is depicted holding two feathered spears. The sandstone is badly cracked, but the surface was smooth before the Indian artists engraved…
An Anthropomorphic Chromopetroglyph of a warrior on a shield. He is depicted holding two feathered spears. The sandstone is badly cracked, but the surface was smooth before the Indian artists engraved…
Castle Garden Plate 13
Plate 13 from the Castle Garden collection
A complex panel of shields and symbolic designs. The left hand shield is eroded and of an unknown meaning. The central shield has a design resembling a bird. The last shield shows a medicine man wearing…
A complex panel of shields and symbolic designs. The left hand shield is eroded and of an unknown meaning. The central shield has a design resembling a bird. The last shield shows a medicine man wearing…
Castle Garden Plate 14
Plate 14 from the Castle Garden collection
A panel depicting four shields and an Anthropomorphic figure. The upper left hand shield is a simple design of an oblong bar with a circle on each side. Beside it appears the figure of a man. The upper…
A panel depicting four shields and an Anthropomorphic figure. The upper left hand shield is a simple design of an oblong bar with a circle on each side. Beside it appears the figure of a man. The upper…
Castle Garden Plate 15
Plate 15 from the Castle Garden collection
A complex but badly eroded panel of shields and tool-grooves. Many of these designs are barely recognizable. The two shields to the right are the best preserved. The extreme right hand shield has a bird…
A complex but badly eroded panel of shields and tool-grooves. Many of these designs are barely recognizable. The two shields to the right are the best preserved. The extreme right hand shield has a bird…
Castle Garden Plate 16
Plate 16 from the Castle Garden collection
An Anthropomorphic figure of a warrior behind his shield and carrying a lance with many feathers.
An Anthropomorphic figure of a warrior behind his shield and carrying a lance with many feathers.
Castle Garden Plate 17
Plate 17 from the Castle Garden collection An Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic panel; the phallic figure of a man is seen at the left. Bear tracks cover his costume and probably represent him as a great hunter of bears. The four-legged figure to the…