tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post7776718795671496107..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: More nice pilespwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-27827998149129550362007-07-09T16:41:00.000-04:002007-07-09T16:41:00.000-04:00Dating and the chronology of events is the main qu...Dating and the chronology of events is the main question of the subject. The answer is surely not simple.<BR/><BR/>It is possible that near here in Middlesex County MA there has been a datable sequence of forestations. Don't you think a large tree blowdown would take out a pile at Oley Hills? I just don't see how somewhat delicate piles could survive a direct hit from a large tree falling on thempwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-57153032586151510502007-07-04T15:11:00.000-04:002007-07-04T15:11:00.000-04:00I have seen quite a number of cairns and walls in ...I have seen quite a number of cairns and walls in northwest Georgia that have been dated to around 1000 B.P., and they were in relatively good condition, similar in appearance to what we find in the Northeast. And the Oley Hills site in PA was tentatively dated to around 1100 B.P. Again, the stonework is in good condition. I mention this only to point out that it is very difficult to judge theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-13224134463947286022007-06-30T00:08:00.000-04:002007-06-30T00:08:00.000-04:00Thanks for the encouragement.I'll try just that.Thanks for the encouragement.<BR/><BR/>I'll try just that.The Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044779666881689690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-90610962098705884262007-06-29T13:29:00.000-04:002007-06-29T13:29:00.000-04:00I should also add that you should not be "jealous ...I should also add that you should not be "jealous of your surroundings". I spend every weekend hunting rock piles and I have gotten good at it. Without knowing any more about it, I assume there are just as many to be found where you are. You just have not spent as long going out to look, or getting used to knowing where to look. Follow some brooks up stream into the woods, try doing it pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-81567889706148596732007-06-29T13:26:00.000-04:002007-06-29T13:26:00.000-04:00As far as I observe the vast majority of rock pile...As far as I observe the vast majority of rock piles (at least the ones now visible) are recent. [I can see how quickly piles are destroyed by random phenomena and so when I see a whole collection of well formed piles I am confident they never were subjected to extended tree falling damage.]<BR/><BR/>Personally, I believe a lot if not most rock piles were created during the historic contact periodpwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-43304674034642334392007-06-29T12:30:00.000-04:002007-06-29T12:30:00.000-04:00I'm jealous of your surroundings.:>Piles of rocks ...I'm jealous of your surroundings.<BR/><BR/>:><BR/><BR/>Piles of rocks are thick on the ground in your neck of the woods.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious what your theories are about the origins and age of these rock piles. Do you think they are deeply ancient (yes, I mean pre-Clovis!), or pioneer/civil war vintage?<BR/><BR/>In my admittedly limited exposure to native indian lore, I do not recall seeing anyThe Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044779666881689690noreply@blogger.com