This is about rock piles and stone mound sites in New England. A balance is needed between keeping them secret and making them public. Also arrowheads, stone tools and other surface archaeology.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Other mounds a' comin'
Recall I am looking to see what other kinds of mid-to-large sized stone mounds are out there besides rectangular piles with hollows. As previews, here is a fine mound from a few miles northwest of Wachusett: [No hollows, circular, and mounded up pretty high]
Here is an example from Patch Hill in Boxborough: [Yes rectangular but no hollows. Also a deliberate use of quartz adds another characteristic.]
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