On my way home from Chatsworth, GA, I decided to stop and visit what I had originally thought was a rock adorned with a petroglyph panel. The Sprayberry Rock now resides just outside an Optometrist's Office, apparently moved that location from it's original resting place about one hundred feet away.
Instead of petroglyphs, what I found was perhaps more interesting. The rock itself is a type of soapstone and ancient peoples chiseled away at the soft-ish stone to carve out bowls and other utensils. A couple of works-in-progress can easily be identified on this example. A information plaque near the stone suggests that the work is approximately 4,000 years old. I don't know much about this type of earthen works, but it's definitely worth a visit if you're ever in the area.
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