The People of the Land

Adapted from Alan Woolworth's introduction to Kevin Callahan's

The Jeffers Petroglyphs

Review this website to learn more about the early inhabitants of Minnesota. A petroglyph is an ancient rock carving left by the first people in MN. The Jeffers Petroglyphs have petroglyphs that date over 5,000 years ago.

Jeffers Petroglyphs

http://www.mnhs.org/jefferspetroglyphs

Another resource on the petroglyphs

http://www.jefferspetroglyphs.com/

Take a virtual field trip:

Jeffers Petroglyphs: videos from Minnesota Historical Center. Be sure and watch these videos so you are more familiar with the history and importance of the petroglyphs to Minnesota's history.

Video 1 (new version)

Video 2

Video 3

Video 4

Video 5

Minnesota Studies by the Minnesota Partnership for Collaborative Curriculum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.