When I pointed out this neolithic rock art site to a friend of mine, he described the Native Americans responsible--respectfully--as early graffiti artists. Or did the glyphs have some more spiritual meaning? Can't say, though I'm guessing the teenagers that have since decorated this rock never noticed the faint older markings. The light needs to be just so. While rock art is common place in the desert southwest, it is quite rare in the mid-Atlantic area.


Here we find a sequence of 4 figures (one was too faint to reproduce in 2 dimensions) in various stages of throwing spears with an atlatl. There may have been a rendering of prey or some other part of the story, but a piece of rock may also be missing. There is one grove in the rock that may be a spear in flight (not shown here).
Although they have been painted over, they have not been vandalized. There is one partial newer image added by a visitor no doubt. It's well of to the side and no harm was done.

See what you can find. White folk were not first.
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Modern graffiti artists have loitered in the same spot, decorating
the the same rock, and no doubt telling their own tales over a few
beers. There are always bottles behind the rock. It's not hard to imagine neolithic hunters lingering on the ledge telling lies or searching for meaning. It's been a naturally zen spot for millenia.
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