Note the steel drill holes and the already removed portion of boulder, on the left side. You may need to zoom in to see the wedge. The missing piece of boulder was not nearby. In the course of trying to convince a friend that this was a ceremonial structure, I argued myself into the position that this wedge could have been used as a separator, inserted when the rock was first broken, to keep the sides offset from each other during subsequent moving and removal. Of course that does not preclude the wedge having been used with ceremonial intentions as well. :)
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Please tell me why this is a "ceremonial structure." I don't see it. Not with the steel
drill holes.
I am not sure this is but the steel drill holes are used in places where I think it is ceremonial.
Is there something written about this? Might James Gage be able to determine when the holes might have been drilled, based on their profile? Eighteenth or nineteenth century drilling?
We don't need James Gage. They are circular hole - in use from colonial times onward.
Norman: Why you think the age is relevant? What conclusion would you draw from it being seventeenth, eighteenth, or nineteenth century? Indians started using steel as soon as they had access to it, certainly by the 1500s.
Nevertheless, it is clear that splitting the rock had a practical purpose, since they removed the left side of the boulder. What is not clear is why wedge the remaining pieces?
Steve DiMarzo's dog often is shown standing on stone structures!
You missed the previous discussions of dogs?
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