Wm Jack Hranicky RPA
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Virginia Rockart Survey
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Over 20 Rockart Sites
About the survey
Recording Methods
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Survey Operations
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Reporting Sites
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Survey History
Judaculla Rock, North Carolina
The Virginia Rockart Survey (VRS) was started in 1983 by Wm Jack Hranicky to record outdoor inscriptions in prehistory. Later, then State Archaeologist, Allen Outlaw asked him to continue, and he became its director for survey operations. For many years, Dale Collins was the assistant Survey Director. The Survey has investigated numerous reported sites as possible rockart sites, but few actually turned out to be valid sites. However, the public has been the major source for information which has produced rockart site locations. With acid rain being so common in the uplands, pictographic sites are disappearing in Virginia. The Survey is the only active organization finding and recording Virginia sites. The recording of Virginia sites depends on the Survey and its volunteers.
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