tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post115801418381426393..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: Wall bulges and rock piles at the corners of stone wallspwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-1158097932557408082006-09-12T17:52:00.000-04:002006-09-12T17:52:00.000-04:00I was asking, why you consider the hole in the Min...I was asking, why you consider the hole in the Miner Farm pile to be equivalent to such a deliberate depression.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-1158091799023347122006-09-12T16:09:00.000-04:002006-09-12T16:09:00.000-04:00Myself, Bruce McAleer, and others have found large...Myself, Bruce McAleer, and others have found large cairns with bowl like depressions (or craters for a lack of a better term) in them. These features were initially thought to be the result of vandalism. However, some of these bowl like depressions exhibit careful effort to create them. These features appeared to be intentionally constructed by the persons building the cairn not the result of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-1158076950698663702006-09-12T12:02:00.000-04:002006-09-12T12:02:00.000-04:00James wrote "This feature is the equivalent to the...James wrote "This feature is the equivalent to the intentional depression". You kind of lost me on that one.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-1158069083078993732006-09-12T09:51:00.000-04:002006-09-12T09:51:00.000-04:00I think the theory that these stone piles or cairn...I think the theory that these stone piles or cairns represent historic ceremonial activity by Native Peoples who took up farming is sound. In many cases, as shown by this site, there is supporting evidence in terms of the presence of other stone structures generally interpreted as Native American in origin. The size of the stone in the pile or cairn must be examined on a case by case basis. Some Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-1158014529970113622006-09-11T18:42:00.000-04:002006-09-11T18:42:00.000-04:00Compare the diagonal courses of rock in the retain...Compare the diagonal courses of rock in the retaining walls to the style in the Lancaster piles of the previous post.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.com