NEARA Conference

You're invited to the upcoming NEARA conference in North Kingston, RI, with a suggested lunch on Saturday, and a biennial ESRARA conference in Ohio, with a new communications app for the MA Chapter.

Note

• Attend the ESRARA biennial conference in Ohio.
• Consider attending the NEARA conference in North Kingston, RI.
• Explore and share ideas/plans for the fall chapter field trip.
• See: https://neara.org/conferences/2026-11-13.html

Chocolate in Ohio again shows idea of "Mayans in Georgia" not so ridiculous

See here: Ancient DNA reveals cacao was consumed in present-day Georgia 1,000 years ago

[Note: the article is about the Etowah Mounds in Ohio. Not clear why the title says "Georgia".]

For reference, Trap Rock Gap researcher Thornton was being attacked for this proposal. See here for previous discussion: Rock Piles: Search results for Mayans

Came across some rock piles

It has been a while. 

Video coming up...

Here it is: Obscure Burial Mounds - Mansfield MA

As soon as I stepped into the woods I got a sense there were probably rock piles all over. But I was there to check on some openings - that looked plowed from the Google aerial views. Returning, disappointed to not be able to hunt for arrowheads, I did see some rock piles next to the trail.

Quartz Arrowhead from Marshfield - Naah! That's not a Clovis