Researchers interpret Cherokee inscriptions in Alabama cave
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 11:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
For the first time, a team of scholars and archaeologists has recorded and interpreted Cherokee inscriptions in Manitou Cave, Alabama. These inscriptions reveal evidence of secluded ceremonial activities at a time of crisis for the Cherokee, who were displaced from their ancestral lands and sent westward on the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.