Red Bird River Shelter Petroglyphs
- Red Bird River Shelter Petroglyphs
The Red Bird River Shelter Petroglyphs are a series of petroglyphs, or carvings, on a stone in Manchester, Kentucky, USA. The petroglyphs have been interpreted as inscriptions in at least 8 Old World alphabets, all of which were extinct when Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492.[cite web |url=http://s8int.com/phile/page43.html |title=The Red Bird Petroglyph of Kentucky; Evidence of Ancient Cultures in the Americas |author=Joel Kuz |accessdate=2008-05-02] The rock was enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places in September 1989.][cite web |url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Kentucky/Clay/Manchester/Marked_Rock/1.html |title=The "Marked Rock" in Manchester, KY |author=Bill Thayer |accessdate=2008-05-02] ]On December 7, 1994, the 50 ton stone stone fell from a sandstone cliff above the Red Bird River, and rolled onto Highway 66 at Lower Red Bird. On December 9, 1994, it was transported to its present location, where it is roofed over and fenced.
However, it has also been argued that finding eight different languages inscribed in one place is highly unlikely, and that the claims are fanciful interpretations of the evidence.[cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brockfamily/ChiefRedBird-byKBTankersley-3.html |title=Red Bird (Dotsuwa) and the Cherokee History of Clay County, Kentucky |author=Kenneth Barnett Tankersley |accessdate=2008-05-02] The interpretation that the petroglyphs represent Old World inscriptions has been linked to 18th century arguments that the Cherokee Nation had no right to live in Kentucky, as an ancient white race settled here before them.]References
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