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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.
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Pwax,
ReplyDeleteThis is Tommy Hudson down in Georgia. I have been researching petroforms and petroglyphs for over forty years in this state. I have over 240 sites, dozens of maps, published reports, and thousands of photos which I would be glad to share. I know a couple of your contributors and I would like to be a contributor myself, but not sure how to do so. Advice?
I am in touch with other researchers here in the SE and once I figure this out, will spread the word.
Thanks, Tommy
Tommy: thanks for writing in. It led to a search that resulted in finding the source for a stone pile image I had once found, but neglected to record the source in my notes. I know now that the image was used in "Excavation and dating of a stone pile, Walker County, northwestern Georgia." It is very similar to a stone mound in my old chicken yard.
ReplyDeleteTommy:
ReplyDeleteThere are two ways to proceed: you can send content (photos and text) to me at rockpilesmail@gmail.com or you can go to blogger.com and start a new blog. It is free, up to about 10 gig of photos.
Whatever you choose, I think it would be very interesting to hear more about your rock pile sites - Are they all the same? How do they compare with the ones in New England?
Tim,
ReplyDeleteThe image does not look familiar. I called a local informant, who is also a Cival War buff, so he knows the area well, and we could only come up with one site. Back in the Sixties, Dr. Arthur Kelly excavated a stone pile on Pigeon Mountain, which is an extention of Lookout Mountain in Walker County. The site was not reported or published. The landowner, whom I also know, said that a "big turtle shaped rock" was embeded in the pile. I have inspected the still open stone pile and did not see such a stone. That does not mean it doesn't exist, I just didn't see it. Maybe Google "turtle shaped rocks" and similar phrases. I hope this is some help. Let me know if you find out. Thanks, Tommy
Pwax, Thanks for the info. I like both ideas and will be in touch. Sites in our two areas are similar. Norman knows about this also. This brings to mind an idea I have been pondering for years. We could use a good "site attribute" clearing house. What do you think?I will expand on this when I contact you later. Tommy
ReplyDeleteI agree better web sites would be good. This blog format is not well organized as a total body of information. It needs an index.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear from Tommy, who showed me some excellent sites in N. Georgia when I visited there about three to four years ago.
ReplyDeletePwax,
ReplyDeleteI think this site is just fine. I should clarify my "site attributes" comment. If we could compile a list of site characteristics, such as orientation, placement on slopes, springs (above or below the site), proximity to old trails, etc, I think we would all benifit from it. We could compare notes, so to speak, and find the similarities between all types of sites on the Eastern Seaboard. An Excel form would be nice, but I am not sure how to do that in this format. We could get a lot of info from that sort of thing. There are certainly similarities. Anyway, I have been thinking about that for the last few years now, and even have a presentation I gave last April "North Georgia Petroform Site Attributes" that has a short list I could contribute. I'm sure more could be added. Maybe you could post this as an item on the daily contributions and we might get some other ideas. What do you think?
.....and Hi to Norman, that was April of '09 I believe. I have been following your postings.
Thanks, Tommy
Tommy:
ReplyDeleteThat would be great. Send it along.