Abstract
Located in the Balsam Mountains of west-central North Carolina in the southeastern United States, a prominent petroglyph boulder known as Judaculla Rock has featured prominently in the religious experiences, beliefs, and rituals of the Cherokee people since history was recorded for this part of the world in the nineteenth century. Archaeologically, stratigraphically, and ethno-historically, the pecked designs and cupules postdate and probably have very little to do with the Late Archaic soapstone quarrying of the boulder. By looking at Judaculla Rock in the context of the surrounding late prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites, landscape, and ethnographic setting, it is possible to develop new understandings concerning the late prehistory and early history of this portion of the Balsam Mountains.
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