Gaitskill Stone Tablet

CRAI Corporate Logo

The CRAI corporate logo is adapted from a prehistoric design found on a stone tablet recovered from the Gaitskill Mound, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. This tablet, which was recovered from the mound circa 1900, was first described by William S. Webb and W.D Funkhouser in 1932. Tablets such as these are associated with the Adena cultural complex, which was located along the Ohio River valley during the early Middle Woodland time period (ca. 500 B.C - A.D. 200). This cultural complex is partly defined by complex mortuary behaviors which included burial mounds. An assemblage of artifacts were typically deposited in the burials, including engraved stone tablets such as this one.