Ancient Native American Site Is Defaced in Georgia Forest Rock faces and boulders bearing figure carvings called petroglyphs were scratched or dabbed with paint, the United States Forest Service said. Damage caused by vandalism to figure carvings, or petroglyphs, on boulders at Track Rock Gap in the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia.Credit...U.S. Forest Service April 7, 2021 An ancient site of carved boulders and rock formations in a Georgia forest that has long been sacred to Native Americans has been vandalized with paint and deep scratches, the United States Forest Service said. The boulders are part of the Track Rock Gap site in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, a protected area of more than 800,000 acres where more than 100 figure carvings known as petroglyphs were made on soapstone boulders by Native Americans in precolonial times, the service said.