SHAWNEE: PETROGLYPHS IN FOREST DATE TO 1000 OR 1500

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Monday, February 1, 1993

HARRISBURG, Ill. -- They are small figures and symbols carved long ago into the sedimentary bluffs that shoulder the 266,000 acres of Shawnee National Forest. The few remaining petroglyphs, found in "shelters" where rock overhangs have protected them from the weather, are the calling cards of the Mississipian culture that thrived in the region from about 1000 to 1500 A.D.

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