Project Description
Judaculla Rock: In consultation with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Jackson County Parks and Recreation, North Carolina, partnered with the United State Forest Service and the North Carolina Rock Art Survey to record, excavate, and develop an appropriate interpretive infrastructure around Judaculla Rock. Featuring prominently in Cherokee oral traditions of Judaculla, the Cherokee Master of the Game, the rock and its petroglyphs have spiritual significance among the Cherokees.
This interactive 3D model was created from overlapping drone photographs by Joel Logan. It shows Judaculla Rock after Jannie Loubser removed spray paint graffiti from the petroglyph surface. (This model is best viewed on a computer rather than on a mobile device). Explore the rock by zooming in and out, tilting, and rotating the image.
Key Highlights
- Judaculla Rock has survived years of changing interactions with the rock, including visitors climbing on the rock, highlighting the petroglyphs on the rock, erecting a cinder block house around the rock, replacing the cinder black house with a wooden pavilion, replacing the pavilion with a fence, and finally installing a properly designed walkway with interpretation signage.
- A single incident of graffiti in 2016 was mitigated when Jackson County Parks and Recreation contracted Stratum to remove it.
