"Secrets of the Saguache stone snakes: A remarkable mystery
endures"
Andrew
Gulliford - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017
“As we walked down
the hill following the snake, I spoke with former Saguache County Commissioner
and ranch manager Mike Spearman. He told me, “The creation of walls took an
incredible amount of hard labor. I have yet to observe a wall that created an
enclosure, so it is hard for me to believe that they were built by Spanish
sheepherders. The serpent was revered by Native American cultures. Snakes were
messengers who connected them with their ancestors who had returned to the
‘underworld.’”
Andrew Gulliford is a professor of history and
environmental studies at Fort Lewis College. He can be reached at
gulliford_a@fortlewis.edu.
https://durangoherald.com/articles/135140-secrets-of-the-saguache-stone-snakes
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267572051_Luminescence_dating_of_anthropogenic_features_of_the_San_Luis_Valley_Colorado_From_stone_huts_to_stone_walls
The Stone Turtle Hut (I think Norman has mentioned this one in the past):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267572051_Luminescence_dating_of_anthropogenic_features_of_the_San_Luis_Valley_Colorado_From_stone_huts_to_stone_walls
5 comments :
http://rockpiles.blogspot.com/2011/12/near-crestone-colorado.html
http://www.crestonecolorado.com/stonehuts.htm
It is cool stuff. I did not see any mention of similar walls in California and New England? Weird how people fail to use the internet.
Stone Stacks: "Cairns are scattered across the Weminuche Wilderness above Dollar Lake, on the peninsula between Pine River and Vallecito Creek, on the Cave Basin Trail and on Middle Mountain..."
https://durangoherald.com/articles/84628-stone-messengers
I've been to Durango and wish I had known about this site. I liked the attention given to the size and weight of the stones and the effort to bring them to the building site; not many focus on this important aspect of wall construction. And I echo Peter's comment that no connection was made to the walls around Lake Shasta in northern California.
Harry H in Alabama and Jannie Loubser in Georgia have published a thing or two that mention snakes and stonewalls as well...
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