tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post8675553118308627780..comments2024-03-14T01:33:48.461-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: Finds in familiar and unfamiliar placespwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-1587785354975689182013-04-29T13:13:01.801-04:002013-04-29T13:13:01.801-04:00Separately, I want to comment about the degree of ...Separately, I want to comment about the degree of polish visible on the stem of the left-hand point in the last photo. This type of wear suggests use as a knife not a projectile.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-62088625284475867502013-04-23T06:44:42.843-04:002013-04-23T06:44:42.843-04:00As I began reading your entry this morning, Thorea...As I began reading your entry this morning, Thoreau's "fossil thought" passage came to mind. And here it has already been mentioned!Menotomy Mapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17052553779448540817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-50714613129591087202013-04-22T20:34:09.049-04:002013-04-22T20:34:09.049-04:00thanks chris. great thoreau reference. Finding an ...thanks chris. great thoreau reference. Finding an arrowhead is always (and will always) be a thrill! Just got back from AZ. found many chips but no arrowheads,the chips were beautiful colored flint and obsidian. Unlike any we can find here<br />KeithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-87170377988844112932013-04-22T14:27:24.542-04:002013-04-22T14:27:24.542-04:00Norman, I didn't take that photo- I wish I did...Norman, I didn't take that photo- I wish I did! I found the post about it: http://rockpiles.blogspot.com/2009/10/wall-bridge-sturbridge-ma.htmlChris Pittmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471037186411393740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-68219782140022019342013-04-22T13:21:43.497-04:002013-04-22T13:21:43.497-04:00Chris,
I believe you took a photo of a wall in St...Chris,<br /><br />I believe you took a photo of a wall in Sturbridge with a gateway and a flat stone on top, bridging it. To the right of this, and leaning against the wall, is a pointed manitou stone. Could you tell me where in Sturbridge this is located? Peter could give you my email. The icon photo you use reminded me of this.Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560996385875773347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-5040067695154581862013-04-22T13:20:05.295-04:002013-04-22T13:20:05.295-04:00Lucky that chances direct our eyes.Lucky that chances direct our eyes.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-77998776063228483482013-04-22T13:07:39.093-04:002013-04-22T13:07:39.093-04:00"They are sown, like a grain that is slow to ..."They are sown, like a grain that is slow to germinate, broadcast over the earth... It is a stone fruit. Each one yields me a thought. I come nearer to the maker of it than if I had found his bones. His bones would not prove any wit that wielded them, such as this work of his bones does. It is humanity inscribed on the face of the earth, patent to my eyes as soon as the snow goes off, not Chris Pittmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471037186411393740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-22655836407882681622013-04-22T13:04:19.381-04:002013-04-22T13:04:19.381-04:00"Time will soon destroy the works of famous p..."Time will soon destroy the works of famous painters and sculptors, but the Indian arrowhead will balk his efforts and Eternity will have to come to his aid. They are not fossil bones, but, as it were, fossil thoughts, forever reminding me of the mind that shaped them... They are at peace with rust. This arrow-headed character promises to outlast all others. The larger pestles and axes may, Chris Pittmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471037186411393740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-66886822772025821792013-04-22T12:51:38.360-04:002013-04-22T12:51:38.360-04:00Peter, the book I use most for typology is Boudrea...Peter, the book I use most for typology is Boudreau's "A New England Typology of Native American Projectile Points" which is the most recent work of this kind. The book shows points more or less like this described as Wading River, Lamoka, Squibnocket Stemmed, and (with grinding) Merrimack Stemmed. Referring to the lack of a distinct difference in some of these types, Boudreau Chris Pittmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471037186411393740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-41151386349442785022013-04-22T08:55:22.267-04:002013-04-22T08:55:22.267-04:00If I'm not mistaken, Henry David Thoreau once ...If I'm not mistaken, Henry David Thoreau once referred to arrowheads as mind prints or thought prints. An interesting comment on these magnificent creations.Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560996385875773347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-80030654171722917932013-04-22T08:07:34.560-04:002013-04-22T08:07:34.560-04:00I think those are called "small stemmed, smal...I think those are called "small stemmed, small"pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.com