tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post8190909049191714390..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: The "Indian Look"pwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-54601543142007874612008-04-27T15:15:00.000-04:002008-04-27T15:15:00.000-04:00I think it's probably more accurate to say that th...I think it's probably more accurate to say that there's a difference in style between pre-contact, contact, and post-contact period wall and fence constructions. Because remember that Indians made up a large portion of the slaves who built stone fences in New England in the European style. The stone masonry tradition continues among New England's Indians to this very day.JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-24553197052442907172008-04-25T18:01:00.000-04:002008-04-25T18:01:00.000-04:00I was going to comment that I've seen too many sty...I was going to comment that I've seen too many styles of walls at sites to completely agree, but then I realized that I've also looked at walls near roads as we drove somewhere and thought, "Well, that's definitely not an Indian wall!" And how could I do that if there weren't an Indian look?Geophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17206319191769614929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-36836009333633962942008-04-25T15:53:00.000-04:002008-04-25T15:53:00.000-04:00I am waiting to understand this "Indian Look" you ...I am waiting to understand this "Indian Look" you are writing about. I think I see it but I need help. It would be good to have a stone wall vocabulary.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-55271179090988937912008-04-25T09:30:00.000-04:002008-04-25T09:30:00.000-04:00The colonial stone wall argument is so strong arou...The colonial stone wall argument is so strong around here that I've seen cairns in NY that are in rows and I've been told cairns in rows are colonial era fences. The 'proof' is in the piece of wood stuck in the cairn. So, a long line of them I found yesterday clearly have wood in them, but it's stuffed in the cairn right at ground level. Now I'm starting to think someone figured out that theseventhgenerationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596858139083466361noreply@blogger.com