Cave Art Could Be 1,000 Years Old
Painting Found In Remote Part Of Cumberland Plateau
POSTED: 8:09 am CST January 26,
2009
UPDATED: 11:50 am CST January 26,
2009
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. -- A cave specialist for the Tennessee Chapter of the Nature Conservatory stumbled across an ancient piece of Native American rock art.Slideshow: Cave Art Could Be 1,000 Years Old Cory Holliday was searching for caves in a remote part of the Cumberland Plateau when he came across a strange painting on a piece of sandstone.At first he thought the foot-long painting of a dancing stick figure was fake, but tests confirm that it was drawn sometime between 1000 and 1600 A.D. Popular Slideshows On WSMV.com: Slideshow: Red-Hot Redheaded Celebrity Women Slideshow: Celebrities Commit Fashion Faux Pas Slideshow: 'Dukes Of Hazzard' Stars: Where Are They Now? Slideshow: Inauguration Day Celebrity Sightings
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