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Little Mountain Pictograph Site

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Little Mountain Pictograph Site
Nearest cityBlackstone, Virginia
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.91000021[1]
VLR No.067-0107
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 15, 1991
Designated VLRAugust 21, 1990[2]

Little Mountain Pictograph Site is a historic archaeological site located near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. It is a winter solstice observation site that probably dates post-1400 AD and is Mississippian. It was recorded and published by the Virginia Rockart Survey. The three glyphs are located inside a cave or shallow shelter. They are a track glyph, hand glyph, and undefined glyph that appears to be a sun. The glyphs are in shadow all year except during the winter solstice, when the sun travels far enough south to illuminate the inside of the wall containing the glyphs.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ William Hranicky (February 1990). Material Culture from Prehistoric Virginia, Volume 1: Little Mountain Pictograph Site (44NT13), p. 443. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. ISBN 9781438966618.