tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post5311128192821231639..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: More on rock pile half-life and site classification and chronologypwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-10601159340918751112014-01-15T15:39:59.478-05:002014-01-15T15:39:59.478-05:00[Later, 2014] Good point James. Probably the whole...[Later, 2014] Good point James. Probably the whole network of relationships across space and across time will get a boost from dating technology. But I am glad you see the possibility of chronology without dating technology.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-83968304599631805722010-09-27T13:38:56.860-04:002010-09-27T13:38:56.860-04:00The statistical proposal is intriguing. Any plans ...The statistical proposal is intriguing. Any plans to test it? Judging by the number of sites mention in this blog for the Massachusetts region, you certainly have large enough sample size for such a test to be statistically meaningful. I also think statistical analysis can be applied to the distribution of different cairn designs regionally. It would be useful for distinguishing regional (James Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414241904072160955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-35977982089935440352010-09-23T06:11:23.392-04:002010-09-23T06:11:23.392-04:00I am going to add a completely unscientific "...I am going to add a completely unscientific "narrative" backstory for this as a comment, since it has little legitimacy:<br /><br />Rock piles with hollows represent a burial tradition that probably is an eastern version of mound building - so middle woodland time frame. The "tail" corresponds to a un-roofed portion of the pile where the body's remains were prepared beforepwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.com