“Irreplaceable” 1,000-year-old rock art vandalized in Georgia

The Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia is reporting that the Track Rock Gap rock art site has been vandalized (USA Today). Track Rock Gap is one of 3 heavily engraved soapstone petroglyph sites in the mountains of Georgia and North Carolina.

The sites are tied to the Cherokee and Creek nations. The best known of these soapstone sites is Judaculla Rock, seen here as a 3D model.

Judaculla Rock, Jackson County, North Carolina by Ancient Art Archive on Sketchfab

All pre contact story written on the landscape are irreplacable. Vandalism at Track Rock Gap is deeply sad.

Rescources:

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Track Rock Gap page

Judaculla Rock, NC

Alan Cressler’s photos of Track Rock Gap