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S26.02.026Description
Petroglyphs carved into the Pottsville Group-Sharon sandstone/conglomerate at Leo Petroglyph and Nature Preserve in Jackson County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone and conglomerate lithologies. The panel of petroglyphs includes around 37 figurative drawings of humans, birds, animal and human foot prints, a fish, a snake and other figures carved into the rock outcropping on the gently sloping hillside above a steep gorge. Leo Petroglyph is actually in a series of petroglyphs ancient people cut into the sandstone outcrop. The exact age of the carvings is unknown, but based on the degree of weathering of the soft sandstone, the carvings are probably not more than 1,000 years old. The art is likely the work of the Fort Ancient culture. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1987.
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Carved images, or petroglyphs in sandstone. Leo Petroglyph and Nature Preserve in Jackson County, Ohio.