Logo Soapstone Bowl Quarry & Rock Art - TO4FE-A
9TO25 - Towns County, GA
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Copyright (2019)


This Late Archaic site was primarily a soapstone bowl quarry & workshop, but also contains
boulders with engraved design elements.   There are examples of bowl preforms and bowl
extraction scars on several of the rocks.   The area was inhabited throughout the Woodlands
and Mississipian periods.   It is located on private property.

(Note that this site was photographed during both sunny and drizzly overcast conditions.
Consequently, images of the same subject may look different due to these circumstances.)


Area A (9TO25) - Early 2019:


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Soapstone petroglyph rock
I wish I had taken more photos showing the surrounding area.
As it was, this was the widest view I shot.



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Soapstone petroglyph rock, with low sunlight highlighting details.


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Same viewpoint, under wet (drizzly) conditions


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From another angle...
These engravings are believed to date from the Middle Woodland to Late Mississippian periods.



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This view coincides with the tracing in the next photo...


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J. Loubser's re-drawn tracing of carved rock features.
(Fold-out view showing top and sides in one plane.)



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Detail view of several cupules on the rock.


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In addition to the cupules, the rock contains several petroglyphs, seen here on the RH corner of the rock.


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Closer view of the "vulva" petroglyph.
This relatively common rock art motif is associated with female fertility.
To the left is another petroglyph; worn and hard to see, it is possibly a footprint.




Several bowl preforms are also found in this area:

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Bowl preform on Boulder ZZ
Or perhaps a broken extraction stub which didn't detach properly...



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From another angle
Note this boulder is not in its original position, but was likely moved during construction.



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One more view of preform / stub on Boulder ZZ




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Bowl preform on Boulder YY




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Devil's Walking Stick   (Aralia spinosa) - Don't grab this!


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