More people are beginning to believe:
18,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Are Among the Oldest Found in the US (businessinsider.com)
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Stone tools older than 18000 years
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Rock piles are not walls…
A recent email communication, addressed to me and possibly to the "Rock Piles" blog as well, although the "Wake up!" seems aimed at my blog "Waking Up On Turtle Island:"
I find that: “The
Mudfossil hypothesis is an observational science, 1st proposed by Roger Spurr
and now by many others. This theory holds that rocks and mountains resemble
petrified creatures and such resemblances are due to the fact they were living
at one time.
This constitutes
some evidence for us that many rock forms are composed of the fossilized
petrified remains of dead life forms and in the case of larger rock formations
and mountain faces, some of these life forms were enormous,” according to the
Amazon blurb for several related publications.“
I find that there’s
an Acedemia.edu page for this “Mudfossil Business,” but there’s not too much to
read but plenty to see on the YouTube, if one has an enormous amount time to waste
listening to the rather bizarre delusions put forth regarding the “Discovery of
ancient giant body parts (stones which) were tested and shown to be human. They
were DNA tested, CAT scanned and anatomist verified:”
Accused of being delusional myself, I find that "The distinction
between a delusion and a strongly held idea is sometimes difficult to make and
depends in part on the degree of conviction with which the belief is held
despite clear or reasonable contradictory evidence regarding its
veracity." Bortolotti, L. (7 June 2013). "Delusions in the DSM 5".
Imperfect Cognitions.
“A bizarre delusion, by contrast, is something that could
never happen in real life, such as being cloned by aliens or having your
thoughts broadcast on TV. A person who has such thoughts might be considered
delusional with bizarre-type delusions.” https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/delusional-disorder
Monday, September 25, 2023
The Wonders (Trodden by Golfers)
Sites in Ohio may be as vital to human history as the pyramids.
Why have they been ignored for so long?
BY DAN KOIS (SEPT 24, 2023):
“Among the most curious submissions was the United States’ proposal: a group of eight sites in southern Ohio featuring earthen mounds and walls, collectively called the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks. For nearly two decades, a mostly volunteer group of dedicated archaeologists, historians, and Native American tribal officials has been patiently making the case that these mysterious, not particularly photogenic piles of dirt are as culturally and historically significant as Stonehenge or the Colosseum. They’ve battled local opposition and national obscurity, and in some ways, the sites themselves, which are sprawling, sometimes heavily forested, and at several locations, plowed over by centuries of farmers. One is across the street from a federal prison. Another has been turned into a golf course…"
More: https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-wonders.html
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England
A (virtual) library talk by Mike Luoma about his new book.
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England (Virtual) | Southwick MA
Registration for Zoom, email to: southwicklibrary@comcast.net
Monday, September 04, 2023
Pikia'vish (and Paugussett)
“The first beginning of the rite (i.e., of the formulaic part) is at Imnanava'ram,
a rock pile just below the mouth of Clear creek where there is a riffle."
A KARUK WORLD RENEWAL CEREMONY AT PANAMINIK BY PHILIP
DRUCKER
“The entire ceremony, called ira'hip, or pikia'vish,
"to make again" (both names were used), was performed annually for
the purpose of ensuring plenty of food and freedom from sickness for the
ensuing year. The esoteric part was a sort-of perambulatory ritual, in which
the priest recited formulas and visited a number of sacred spots in the near-by
hills, one each day in a fixed sequence. The exoteric feature was the
performance of a white deerskin dance on the last two days and nights of the
ceremony by the people from Panaminik and adjacent towns. This dance was
actually given only every other year; on the alternate years there was a feast
given by the rich men of Panaminik. The dramatis personae of the ira'hip were: ikha'riara,
or fatawe'na, "first-spirit person," the priest who knew and
performed the esoteric rites; pishi'shikiya'- wun, the woman who cooked the
priest's single daily meal of dried salmon and acorn mush during the ritual;
several assistants to the priest, including two girls (kiya'wun) and a youth,
whose functions seem to have been omitted in the last few performances; and
last but by no means least, the rich men, who provided the objects of value for
display in the dance and food for the feasting. The role of priest could be
taken by any man belonging to Panaminik who knew the ritual. In the ceremonies
in which the informants took part it was customary for several men to relieve
one another as priest, each serving for two or three days, because the slim diet,
hill-climbing, and loss of sleep made the priest's role an arduous one…”
“On reaching the sacred spot, a small circular clearing in
the brush, the priest first had to clear away the year's accumulation of leaves
and twigs, after which he gathered a pile of wood. He laid some tinder on a
small flat stone, lighted it with his fire drill, then set stone and all under
the wood laid on the fireplace. While the fire burned, the priest sat on a flat
rock to one side, smoking his pipe. He did not pray at this time. After the
fire had died down (and he tried to time it so that he might return to the
sweat house by dusk), he removed from the embers the small stone on which the
tinder had been placed, throwing it on a pile of other stones which had been
used thus in previous years…”
“The first beginning of the rite (i.e., of the formulaic
part) is at Imnanava'ram, a rock pile just below the mouth of Clear creek where
there is a riffle. Here a beginning is made in July; the climax as described
seems to fall in August. The ceremony as a whole clearly centers about Inam, on
a flat on the s side of Clear creek, and it is to be assumed that in this town
stood the sweat house specially connected with the formulist's activities.”
January 10, 1936
Connecticut:
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