Appalachian petroglyphs are often attributed to the Cherokee, but it's an oversimplification. Many cultures inhabited this land over 10,000+ years, before the Cherokee.
Argument that Appalachian petroglyphs predate the Cherokee.
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📍 Appalachian petroglyph sites
Key facts
- Petroglyph sites are commonly attributed to the Cherokee. but this is an oversimplification
- The Cherokee. are an Iroquoian tribe related to northeastern tribes whose legends say they migrated from snowy mountains
- Archaeologists believe the Appalachian region was inhabited by many different cultures over 10,000 years or more
- The Cherokee. likely arrived in the Appalachian mountains around 1000 BC or later
Sources
(PDF) Appalachian Migrations: Historic and Prehistoricresearchgate.net
Historic migrations into and out of Appalachia have been extensively studied by historians, geographers, sociologists and anthropologists.
Cherokeeen.wikipedia.org
One is that the Cherokee, an Iroquoian-speaking people, migrated to Southern Appalachia from northern areas around the Great Lakes in late prehistoric times.
Cherokee – American Literature Before 1860open.maricopa.edu
the Cherokee, an Iroquoian-speaking people, are relative latecomers to Southern Appalachia, who may have migrated in late prehistoric times from northern areas
Chapter 11 Native American Cultures of Appalachiamanifold.open.umn.edu
The southern regions of Appalachia were the homelands of two different linguistic groups, the Southern Iroquoian-speaking Cherokee and Tuscarora
The Cherokee: Guardians of the Appalachian Mountains and Their ...appalachianmemories.org
The Cherokee Native Americans, who are part of the Iroquois language group, have a deep and enduring history in the Appalachian Mountains.
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