Photos of the Jeffers Petroglyphs and SW Minnesota


copyright 1997 Kevin L. Callahan

Archaeologist Jennifer Tenedine visiting Jeffers during the SAA convention.

Unfortunately marine varnish was used in the past on the petroglyphs and slowly is eroding over the years.

Blue Mounds State Park in SW Minnesota has a bison herd for visitors

Jeffers petroglyphs including a probable "Sun-figure" anthropomorph similar to those found in Canada at Algonkian petroglyph sites (see Vastoukas 1973:55-75)

Several petroglyphs including a zoomorph.

An example of an attenuated anthropomorphic figure (see Vastoukas 1973:77-87).

A probable atlatl with finger loops

A circle at Jeffers that has been damaged.

Petroglyphs near the encroaching sod

The Jeffers landscape has many piles of field stone removed from farmers fields.

A horned shaman (see Vastoukas 1973:75)

The slope of the bedrock at Jeffers

© 1997 call0031@tc.umn.edu


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