PRE-CLASSIC
STONE CARVINGS
IN WESTERN
INDIANA?
Mike and Gerry Cloncs, Montgomery County, Indiana (Contacts)
 An ancient site in West-Central
Indiana (Photo) contains projectile points, flaked chips, some so-called
“microchips” and axe heads, most with markings that do not seem to be
attributable to Natural Causes. In this
previously unglaciated site there are also many stones with 3-10 cm.
obviously carved shapes of humans and animals, some resembling those of the Tlatilco, Mexico area and
possibly some primitive writings that are regularly accompanied by carvings
along their periphery. There is a trend
for the earliest artifacts that depict animals and humans to be smaller than
later ones. Frequent carvings
of the American Lion (Panthera atrox), Horse and a Camelops
(Guanaco-like) point to the site dating back into the Pre-Classic
Period. Although recent discoveries
in the Southeastern United States show possible human habitation dating to
40,000 B.C.+ (see Savannah), the cataclysmic asteroid bombardment of glacier-covered
Eastern Canada around 10,000 BCE that may have caused the mass extinction of
large herbivores and their predators probably preceded the arrival of the
Indiana inhabitants. With the
exception of the American lion and some elephantine creatures, no clear
carvings of mammoths, rhinos, sloths and other earlier extinct animals are
represented. The European appearance
of the inhabitants point to their possible origins in Southwestern Europe,
which corresponds to theories that such groups were the first to colonize
North America. Their language could
have been the Saharan dialect proposed by Edo Nyland, and this may
account for the numerous Saharan names (= present-day
Basque) found widespread in America.
For a description
of the collection locality see Locality. Also view some Tools, and other Ancient American
Sites. Close-ups of
figures may be viewed at the following, but the images often blend in with
the color of the substrate and may not at first be clearly discernible. Some figures of uncertain identity are
included but may be removed after closer analysis. Given the apparent ancient
origins of the site, the artifacts are nevertheless in remarkable states of
preservation.
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on underlined Subject Matter to view:
Human Shapes Animal
Shapes Misc.
Shapes Inscriptions Tools Unidentified Markings
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