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.
Take a look at the aerial photos. The walls sometimes follow ridgelines and are not straight. If we assume these are Native American and not astronomical (since they are not straight) then one possibility is suggested by Danny S. mentioning that sometimes the walls terminate at large rocks. This is reminiscent of the "connecting" function mentioned by Norman Muller a while ago.
Take a look at the aerial photos. The walls sometimes follow ridgelines and are not straight. If we assume these are Native American and not astronomical (since they are not straight) then one possibility is suggested by Danny S. mentioning that sometimes the walls terminate at large rocks. This is reminiscent of the "connecting" function mentioned by Norman Muller a while ago.
ReplyDeleteOriginally pointed out by Philip Smith: http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/Archaeology/PDFs/Lab%20Series%2004.pdf
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