Big and Little Indian Rock Petroglyphs is a prehistoric

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located at Conestoga Township in

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. It consists of two large rocks located in the

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. Big Indian Rock is 60 feet by 40 feet, and has carvings on all sides. The Little Indian Rock measures 38 feet by 32 feet and has carvings on the north side. The

petroglyph A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...

s were first studied in 1934, and are believed to be by an Algonquian tribe. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 1978.

References

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