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, April 28, 2011
Rock piles next to boulders
I would not want to assume that these are all the same thing, or that it is easy to tell them apart, but one sees these sorts of piles:After I published examples of rock piles with hollows next to boulders, reader robS sent in some pictures from Maine:Also:I think these are quite a lot like the piles with hollows built against boulders that I reported from northeastern Groton/Horse Hill [here] and previously from the same site. Also these are not too different from the piles reported at Gates Pond in Berlin [here, last two pics]I have already said I think these are a variant of the Wachusett Tradition. Here are some other's I saw on a southern sub-summit of the same Horse Hill. This is a nice one:Another view:Several others from that southern summit of the hill:There were several other rock piles on the sub-summit, and near the top of the main summit, an outline that probably should be noted. The squared blocks make you think this must be a colonial foundation. After seeing all these outlines and hollowed piles, I wonder.
Yes, I agree with you. A rock outline next to a boulder, but the picture I've linked to is a C shaped outline, not an O shaped outline as in your diagram. It's the only one of these that I've found in central NY.
This reminds me of this picture from this post. If you go to the post, it's the 5th picture down.
ReplyDeleteI would have called that an "outline" not a rock pile with a hollow; but then it may be the same thing.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with you. A rock outline next to a boulder, but the picture I've linked to is a C shaped outline, not an O shaped outline as in your diagram. It's the only one of these that I've found in central NY.
ReplyDeleteA good distinction.
ReplyDeleteI have found these ion a spot of property I bought in Jackson county ky several different spots a Creek circles around the whole area
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