Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Question: West Virginia rock piles?

Does anyone know how to find well-formed rock piles - "cairn sites" in West Virginia?

Update: Norman Muller sent these photos taken by the state archaeologist of West Virginia. Apparently there are other sites nearby.There certainly seems to be something geometric going on.
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7 comments :

  1. Norman8:12 PM

    I know of one site, and I have a friend who knows of more.

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  2. pwax5:46 AM

    How does it compare with sites in New England?

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  3. Norman8:44 AM

    Very much like what we find in New England, with examples like large cone-shaped cairns, a platform cairn, walls or terraces, etc. I'll forward some photos.

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  4. pwax3:13 PM

    Thanks. Are the archeologist down there convinced they are colonial farm constructions?

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  5. Norman4:09 PM

    The state archaeologist I know is pretty much convinced that the stone features are American Indian. Most archaeologists in the mid-South don't have the hangup that those in New England do.

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  6. pwax4:58 PM

    [writing later] We are just so unbelievably lucky to still find these structures - they have survived miraculously.

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  7. pwax6:17 PM

    [much later] f'in ostentatious
    (C:#

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