Little Mountain Pictograph Site Explained

Little Mountain Pictograph Site
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:August 21, 1990[1]
Designated Other1 Number:067-0107
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Nearest City:Blackstone, Virginia
Added:February 15, 1991
Refnum:91000021

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Book: Material Culture from Prehistoric Virginia, Volume 1: Little Mountain Pictograph Site (44NT13), p. 443. William Hranicky. February 1990 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 9781438966618.