The Edgemont Shelter, also designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 3VB6, is a prehistoric rock art site in

Van Buren County, Arkansas Van Buren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,295. The county seat is Clinton. The county was formed on November 11, 1833, and named for Martin Van Buren, President of the Uni ...

. Located on a bluff overlooking Greers Ferry Lake, it consists of a panel extensively painted with

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. The site has been dated to about 1500. The site was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1982.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Van Buren County, Arkansas Petroglyphs in Arkansas Rock shelters in the United States {{VanBurenCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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