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Detail from Half Moon Archaeological Site

Images of beasts and men decorate a boulder at the Half-Moon archaeological site, now submerged beneath the Ohio River.

Detail from Half Moon archaeological site showing human and animal figures.

Illustration of Half-Moon Archaelogical Site, c. 1847

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