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Glyph Panel (<I>Photo by Jay Franklin</I>)<BR>Click image to enlarge
Glyph Panel (Photo by Jay Franklin)
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The ARL logo is derived from a petroglyph of a "bird of prey" effigy holding two maces.

This glyph is part of a larger panel depicting four human and bird effigies:
  1. monolithic axe with woodpecker characteristics
  2. "bird of prey" effigy
  3. monolithic axe with human characteristics
  4. crowned mace with avian characteristics (Simek, et al. 2001)
The panel dates to the Mississippian period (A.D. 1300-1400) from the 11th Unnamed Cave, Tennessee. The original is approximately 50 cm high.


J.F. Simek, A. Cressler, C.H. Faulkner, T.M. Ahlman, B. Creswell, and J.D. Franklin
  2001  
The Context of Later Prehistoric Cave Art: The Art and Archaeology of 11th Unnamed Cave, Tennessee. Southeastern Archaeology 20(2):142-153.

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