This is about rock piles and stone mound sites in New England. A balance is needed between keeping them secret and making them public. Also arrowheads, stone tools and other surface archaeology.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Tumbled down stone wall?
When you walk along next to a stone wall you sometimes notice places where the wall is tumbled over. Trees occasionally fall on a wall and other events like passing animals or mild earthquakes can reveal a weakness in the wall. When this happens, the tumbled off rocks are next to the wall and the wall is lower and has a break or gap in it at the point where the tumble occurs. So I was walking along next a wall paying slight attention and came to this: Closer:Here we have a sort of tumble of rocks next to the wall but the height of the wall remains constant in the stretch passing the tumble. This suggests it is not a "tumble" but rather a more deliberate addition to the structure. It is about 7 feet long, and I don't have to tell you what would fit under there.
I find the pile similar but not quite identicle to the stone row and about the same length ajoining pile I wrote about at http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2008/08/moms-back-yard.html
It's negative evidence, but do think someone may have recognized tone tools and took them (or carelessly tossed them away, being of a size handy for throwing them)? Would there be one or two left under those leaves??
Closer:
Here we have a sort of tumble of rocks next to the wall but the height of the wall remains constant in the stretch passing the tumble. This suggests it is not a "tumble" but rather a more deliberate addition to the structure. It is about 7 feet long, and I don't have to tell you what would fit under there.
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I find the pile similar but not quite identicle to the stone row and about the same length ajoining pile I wrote about at http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2008/08/moms-back-yard.html
It's negative evidence, but do think someone may have recognized tone tools and took them (or carelessly tossed them away, being of a size handy for throwing them)?
Would there be one or two left under those leaves??
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