Ancient Stone Tortoise
A petroform in the shape of a tortoise possibly 1500 years old at Bannock Point in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba. There are many petroforms at this location and at many other nearby locations, including the largest site of petroforms in North America at Tie Creek, a protected site in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
“Turtles, snakes and human effigies are the most common type of petroform. It's a mystery why most other animals aren't represented.”
rockpiles.blogspot.com/2012/11/tie-creek.html
What are Petroforms?
“Petroforms are defined as features formed by the placement (not piling) of stones to create the outlines of figures or shapes. The stones or small boulders are arranged on bedrock outcrops in the shapes of snakes, turtles, humans and geometric forms. Archaeologists group petroforms with rock paintings or "pictographs" and refer to them as "rock art," although both are thought to have been made by Native people for religious purposes.”
www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/parks-protected-spaces/park_info/wh...
Ancient Stone Tortoise
A petroform in the shape of a tortoise possibly 1500 years old at Bannock Point in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba. There are many petroforms at this location and at many other nearby locations, including the largest site of petroforms in North America at Tie Creek, a protected site in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
“Turtles, snakes and human effigies are the most common type of petroform. It's a mystery why most other animals aren't represented.”
rockpiles.blogspot.com/2012/11/tie-creek.html
What are Petroforms?
“Petroforms are defined as features formed by the placement (not piling) of stones to create the outlines of figures or shapes. The stones or small boulders are arranged on bedrock outcrops in the shapes of snakes, turtles, humans and geometric forms. Archaeologists group petroforms with rock paintings or "pictographs" and refer to them as "rock art," although both are thought to have been made by Native people for religious purposes.”
www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/parks-protected-spaces/park_info/wh...