{"id":4775,"date":"2022-09-27T16:32:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=4775"},"modified":"2022-09-27T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:32:32","slug":"petroglyph-featured-in-traveling-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2022\/09\/petroglyph-featured-in-traveling-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"PETROGLYPH FEATURED IN TRAVELING EXHIBITION"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the second floor of the Walsh Library is a rare petroglyph<\/em> \u2013 a prehistoric rock carving \u2013 made between 3000-1000 B.C.E. The petroglyph generates numerous research requests each year due to its unique nature. One of those requests was made by the National Scenic Visitors Center\/Earthwalk USA of Zionsville, Pennsylvania for their Earthwalk Explorer multi-media interactive exhibition.\u00a0 They requested a visit to the petroglyph to do a 3D scan which was written about in a previous blog post<\/a> roughly two years ago.<\/p>\n

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the petroglyph being 3D scanned in preparation of the replica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This traveling exhibit pairs maps, topography, history, culture, written and spoken language and storytelling in an immersive experience that projects videos onto a topographical map of the East Coast of the United States.\u00a0 The looped video begins by revealing the original Lenni Lenape trails that eventually became the highways and busy roads we use today; facets of Lenape history and culture, and other fascinating information about the region\u2019s forests, parks and borders.\u00a0 The National Scenic Visitors Center worked closely with Chief Demund of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania<\/a> who offered this blessing which opens the video program:<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandfather, sacred and holy father, you whose breath we hear in the four winds. I say thank you for the wingeds, the four leggeds, the fish people, the creepy crawlers, the plants, the trees, the grandfathers.\u00a0\u00a0 I say thank you for the breath of life and for all my relations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– <\/em>Chief Demund, Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania<\/em><\/p>\n

Adjacent to the exhibit is an activity area featuring a reproduction of the petroglyph. Visitors learn about the glyphs \u2013 their conjectured meaning, what they depict and how the words are pronounced in Lenape. The project relied on the Lenape Talking Dictionary<\/a> for some of the interpretations. Professor Sean Harvey of Seton Hall University discussed the petroglyph\u2019s significance in a video<\/a> produced last year for Native American Heritage Month.<\/p>\n

The petroglyph was located on Rudyard Jennings\u2019 property along the Delaware River in Walpack Township, New Jersey until 1968 when it was moved to Seton Hall University by Herbert Kraft, a field archaeologist specializing in Lenni Lenape people and culture.\u00a0 Kraft was also a renowned professor of Anthropology and Archaeology at the university.\u00a0 At the time of the move, Kraft sought to preserve the petroglyph which was at risk due to a plan by the Army Corps of Engineers to dam the river which would have flooded the area: submerging the petroglyph. Plans to build the Tocks Island Dam were never realized, but the petroglyph had already been moved by the time the project was abandoned.\u00a0 The petroglyph is the only one discovered along the Delaware River, making it a unique resource that offers tantalizing glimpses into the life and values of the Lenni Lenape people.<\/p>\n

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Jeanne Brasile, Gallery Director poses with staff from Earthwalk Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gallery Director Jeanne Brasile recently visited the Earthwalk Explorer<\/a> which is on view at Northampton Community College in Easton, Pennsylvania to see how the petroglyph was integrated into the exhibit and interpreted for visitors.\u00a0 Brasile met with Mary Ellen Snyder, Executive Director of the National Scenic Visitors Center and Amy Hollander, Strategic Consultant at Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor who developed the educational programs and much of the content.\u00a0 Joining them were two student docents, Alexander Almonte and Alejandro Zuniga who enthusiastically and expertly guided the experience for visitors.\u00a0 Almonte described how his interest in GIS<\/a> (a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth\u2019s surface) and geography drew him to this work but the exhibit also stirred more of a connection to his own lineage which is partly indigenous Peruvian on his mother\u2019s side. \u00a0The exhibition uses the concept of geography and topography as a jumping off point for discourse on issues such as colonialism, land stewardship, respect and migratory patterns.<\/p>\n

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walking the 3D map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

_______________<\/p>\n

\"Activity<\/a>
Activity area features Lenape glyphs and language<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Walsh Gallery has a considerable collection of fine art, artifacts and archeological specimens for use by faculty, students and researchers.\u00a0For access to this or other objects in our collections, contact us at 973-275-2033 or\u00a0<\/em>walshgallery@shu.edu<\/a>\u00a0to make a research appointment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the second floor of the Walsh Library is a rare petroglyph \u2013 a prehistoric rock carving \u2013 made between 3000-1000 B.C.E. The petroglyph generates numerous research requests each year due to its unique nature. One of those requests was made by the National Scenic Visitors Center\/Earthwalk USA of Zionsville, Pennsylvania for their Earthwalk Explorer … Continue reading “PETROGLYPH FEATURED IN TRAVELING EXHIBITION”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1594,"featured_media":4784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4775"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6700,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4775\/revisions\/6700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}