From Norman Muller, re Larry Harrop:
Larry sent me the attached article.... While the article is well researched and well written, it
comes to the inevitable conclusion that the stone mounds are colonial,
since, of course, "the Indians didn't construct with stone." Larry
found the article on the Exeter Historical Association website/blog.
[Larry writes:]
I lead a field trip to this site a year or 2 ago. This is where there is
a ring of stones with a manitou stone with donations. I guess people
are finally starting to notice.
http://www.yorkerhill.com/eha/Stories/Exeter_Stone_Stacks.pdf
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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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I have to "hold my nose" when I read something like this. Such a valiant effort to understand things without relevant data to work from!
ReplyDeleteAs Larry comments, the article ignores the existence of modern Indians - so all the discussion of dating is a non-starter.
But again (and over and over) for those who examine sufficient data, it is completely clear that "cairns" are an American phenomenon without parallels in Europe - and yet consistent across our landscape. A cultural manifestation that is NOT European.