National Register of Historic Places

Judaculla Rock

Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina
Listed
March 27, 2013
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
13000116

About this property

Judaculla Rock is a curvilinear-shaped outcrop of soapstone known for its ancient carvings and petroglyphs. The archaeological site is located on a 0.85-acre rectangular-shaped property, now owned by Jackson County. It is approximately 60 meters east of Caney Fork Creek, a major branch of the northwestward-trending Tuckasegee River in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The petroglyph boulder occurs within a man-made bowl-shaped depression. Today the land is covered with mowed turf grass (previously, it was cultivated as a cornfield) and bordered on the west by a thicket of rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea). Slightly upslope and east of the boulder are a few smaller outcroppings of soapstone bedrock, at least two of which show definite scars left by ancient quarrying for soapstone bowl manufacture. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Location

552 Judaculla Rock Rd.
Cullowhee, Jackson County, North Carolina
35.30313, -83.10998

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINALARTNATIVE AMERICANINDUSTRYRELIGION
Sources

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When was Judaculla Rock listed on the National Register?

Judaculla Rock was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 27, 2013.

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Judaculla Rock is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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