Piney Creek Rock Art

Pictographs and petroglyphs at 11R26 are open to the public in Piney Creek Ravine.

Pictograph of a hunter in the Eastern Group, Rear Shelter Wall, repainted pictograph subgroup "O". Wagner 2002:Figure 6.6.

Pictograph of a hunter in the Eastern Group, Rear Shelter Wall, repainted pictograph subgroup "O". Wagner 2002:Figure 6.6. .

Pictographs and meter scale .

Damaged pictograph in the Eastern Group, Rear Shelter Wall, repainted pictograph subgroup "O". Wagner 2002:Figure 6.6. .

Pictograph and petroglyph in the Eastern Group, Rear Shelter Wall, repainted pictograph subgroup "O". Wagner 2002:Figure 6.6.

Pictographs viewed with DStretch filter yre.

Historic graffiti with a faint miscellaneous concentric pictograph on the high wall, Eastern Group.

Pictograph (concentric design) on high wall processed with DStretch filter yre .

Pictograph of shield warrior on the Eastern Group, Rear Shelter Wall, intact pictograph "H". The figure is covered with the letter "E" in the historic name of E. DUDENBOSTEL.

Pictograph of shield warrior processed with DStretch filter yrd .

Petroglyphs in Eastern Group, subgroup "P"with traces of blue chalk added in the 20th century to aid in photography of the petroglyphs. .

Petroglyphs with blue chalk color added.

Petroglyphs colored with blue chalk processed with DStretch filter yrd .

Eastern Group, Rear Shelter Wall, subgroups A, B, C, D, E, and F with meter scale.

Eastern group pictographs including warriors (subgroup G) repainted quadrapeds. I identify the long tailed quadrapeds as panthers.

Repainted pictographs of a group of three panthers stalking prey.

Repainted pictograph of a panther.

The duel.

Petroglyphs of shield warrior on high wall processed with DStretch filter yrd .

Faint deer pictograph.

Faint Deer pictograph processed with DStretch filter yrd .

Faint Deer pictograph processed with DStretch filter yre .

Pictographs including a modern "fake" tent.

Faint Deer pictograph processed with DStretch filter lab .

Repainted deer pictographs .

Repainted bird pictograph .

POdd Petroglyphs near a modern "fake" tent.

Odd petroglyphs processed with DStretch filter ybk .

Odd petroglyph .

Bird petroglyph .

Boulder petroglyph .

Boulder petroglyphs .

V petroglyph .

Cross petroglyph .

Half circle petroglyph .

Atlatl petroglyph .

View of the rock art panels .

View up to the rock art panels from the stream level of Piney Creek.

View down from the rock art panels to the stream level of Piney Creek.

National Register plaque for Piney Creek.

Wagner, Mark J.
2002 The Archaeology and Rock Art of the Piney Ceek Ravine. Illinois Department of Transportation - Dept of Anthropology at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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