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In the spring of 1998, I visited three petroglyph sites from Ellsworth County, Kansas in order to assess the impact of public accessibility on these sites. 14EW7, featured in state park brochures and located on a hiking trail, has long been the focus of public visitation, and some of the petroglyps there are now completely surrounded by grafitti. In addition, a "new" petroglyph has been added recently by unknown persons. | Newest addition to the rock art at 14EW7. |
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Close-up of petroglyph at 14EW7, possibly depicting a bison. | View of grafitti covered panel showing the bison glyph in the center of the panel. |
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Close-up of deer or possibly horse glyph at 14EW7. | View of rock panel at 14EW7. The deer or horse glyph is in the center of the panel. |
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Rock panel at 14EW7 showing glyphs (center and left) of a circle with four lines emereging from it, commonly called a "sun" glyph, three groups of vertical lines and two "turkey tracks." All are highly weathered and are threatened by the spalling off of a portion of the panel. |
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