Also, you know darn well those are burial mounds. Let's not talk about it too much! A truly unique resource, perhaps mostly in New England but we have seen photos from Georgia to New Brunswick showing the same thing. It is incomprehensible to me why these burial mounds are not well know to the archeological community. Get out much? The mounds are all over the place.
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If you go back and watch the video of the large mound we just saw in Princeton, there is a moment just after I 'fall in', where some terracing appears - almost like little amphitheater seats. This is the side structure I am talking about above. It is like a "tail" on a grander scale. A screen grab:
I really don't know why archaeologists have ignored studying stone mounds, walls, etc, which are all around us, but this willful ignorance has been pervasive for many decades. Maybe Curt Hoffman can offer a reasonable answer.
ReplyDeleteNorman: I am also talking a bit about my colleagues in the amateur archeology and "spiritual" communities. I don't see much discussion of mounds. We'll see. This season is full of people giving walks, talks, and conferences about "Indigenous Ceremonial Stonework" and maybe they will talk about mounds.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the boulder fields are some kind of stone “pavement” that is outlined by the stone walls? Or the stone walls enhance the boulder field or pavement in some way. I like the addition of the videos.
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