Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Beaver Island Michigan - Stone Circle

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"Some people believe there are other landscape artifacts nearby which are more likely to be authenticated, such as an arc-shaped stone pile matching a placement found near Alpena, and the "Circle of Chiefs," a smaller rock circle."

3 comments :

  1. Anonymous7:36 AM

    "A theory was put forth that this arrangement was constructed well over a thousand years ago, by people who preceded the Native Americans of historical time."

    Who do you suppose they mean?

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  2. I suppose this is the European insistence on the "tribe" concept and that this statement reflects a sense that the tribes have been shuffled around a lot in the last 1500 years. It also means that modern day Indians usually deny knowledge of who built the rock piles.

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  3. Anonymous8:23 AM

    I sent the link to Herman Bender, who may know about this site, since he knows the author of the map.

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