Wednesday, November 20, 2024

"Burying the trowel"

Here are some videos from the Friends of Pinehawk, in Acton. The first (at the moment) is the Zoom meeting with Kitty O'Riorda about changing views of the cultural landscape.

Videos – Friends of Pine Hawk

Use this passcode, when asked: 8i#Up+.p

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Good news - rain a comin

 

If you are gardening, or hunting for arrowheads in recently plowed dirt, the end of a drought is a good thing. This one has been pretty bad.

Iridescent Quartz

Interesting but not Rock Pile related:

Finding RARE IRIDESCENT QUARTZ at Sweet Surrender Crystal Mine in Arkansas | Digging Guide Episode 8

Friday, November 15, 2024

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

A late paleo arrowhead

I had a bit of luck yesterday. You might say a small bit of luck:

I think this is a transitional style like a "Dalton-Hardaway" but perhaps a little later.

Update: The fields are in awful shape. The tractors have beaten the surface and the corn stalks are lying, shredded, on the ground. Where they have re-conditioned the fields with harrowing, there has been no rain and all the surface is dusty, the same color as the dirt. I spent all day with my son, looking at the ground in MA and RI and we found almost nothing. So let's wait for a good rain before spending more time examining dust.