tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post8496758247560998774..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: "Rock Piles from a Comparative Perspective"pwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-5146573125231368702010-02-25T15:44:30.460-05:002010-02-25T15:44:30.460-05:00Norman: Indeed!Norman: Indeed!pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-86822194155070909922010-02-25T08:57:29.223-05:002010-02-25T08:57:29.223-05:00It would be wonderful in a perfect world if we cou...It would be wonderful in a perfect world if we could just look at a cairn and figure out exactly what it was used for and what might be inside, if anything. But of course, this is not the case, and we are often put in the awkward position of scratching our heads wondering just what it is we are looking at. And sometimes, after all avenues of scientific investigation have resulted in very littleNormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560996385875773347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-32426575293806944172010-02-24T10:56:21.146-05:002010-02-24T10:56:21.146-05:00I agree with Peter on this one. I appreciate this ...I agree with Peter on this one. I appreciate this archaeologist's willingness to consider and evaluate non-European/American origins and use of stone cairns and other stone structures. However, this article illustrates one of the fundamental weakness of current archaeological theory and methodology - An overwhelming emphasis on artifacts, soil stratigraphy, and features to the detriment of James Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10414241904072160955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-24444811711100266762010-02-24T08:33:47.792-05:002010-02-24T08:33:47.792-05:00Some simple, above ground, observables that provid...Some simple, above ground, observables that provide information for interpretation: <br /> - Pile shape and size<br /> - Size of component rocks in pile <br /> - Site layout<br /> - Topographic settingpwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-49168905027780503202010-02-24T08:25:16.682-05:002010-02-24T08:25:16.682-05:00I replied to Norman's email as follows:
Inter...I replied to Norman's email as follows:<br /><br />Interesting reading. At first I thought the writer was a little naive - making everything out to be a donation pile or else a bi-product of some other activity (clearing Tipi rings, or potato farming in the mountains). Then he got a little closer to the variety of the phenomena when he was talking about shrines and burials. But in the end hispwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.com