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[Macie]

I am the owner of a large Pictograph/pectroglyph site in Central Montana, USA.  I am trying to get a project off the  ground to record and preserve the site.  Check out my web page to see all the updated information.  Nice Site Glad Ifound you!!  Macie   www.beargulch.net

[Gunnar Creutz]

Hello Macie,

I found something that puzzled me on your website.

"Ancient Indians drew the pictures in question over a hundred years ago."

My understanding of the English language is a bit limited, but the use of the word "ancient" here seems a bit strange to me. Is that really how the word can be used in American English?

Gunnar
(archaeology student, Sweden)

[david barber]

Gunner,
Ancient American Indians, should refer to pre- contact Indians, i.e. the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, which is not to say that he was actually the first.