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The Indian Hill site is a series of petroglyphs on an outcrop of Dakota sandstone. They were first photographed in 1867 by Alexander Gardner. Carlyle Smith, noted archaeologist and anthropologist from the University of Kansas, suggested in 1949 that the Cheyenne or Arapaho may have created some of the later glyphs, particularily those representing horses. The petroglyphs depict owls, bison, beaver, cervids, humans, equestrian figures, bison tracks, thunderbirds, serpintine figures, and ladder-like figures. In more recent time, grafitti and vandalism have been added.
Date: 1867-1984
Item Number: 312396
Call Number: 14EW1 slide #s 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 25, 34, 37, 57
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312396
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1861-1869 - 1867
Date - 1980s - 1984
Environment - Geology - Rocks - Rock formations
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Petroglyph
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Material/Stone Type - Sandstone
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Tribes - Arapaho
People - American Indians - Tribes - Cheyenne
Places - Counties - Ellsworth
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Slides
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