Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The anatomy of a marker pile site - a hypothesis

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Some marker pile sites are organized with piles positioned along lines which radiate from one or more viewing positions . Often the viewin...
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Ted Timreck's film getting out.

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Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:00 PM Native Voices - Hidden Landscapes WESPAC Foundation and Pace Universit...

Larry Harrop explores a site Jim P spotted with aerial photos

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Larry writes in: About a year ago Jim Porter posted on your blog 3 screen captures from Google Maps. The post can be found here. [Click here...
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Finding Rock Piles From Space

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by JimP Back in May of 2006 I made a post to this blog called, "Exploring From 2,700 Miles Away." Basically, I discovered an inter...
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Monday, March 12, 2007

Ashland Knoll site: Odds and Ends and dating - part 2A

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Here is a striking rock pile. Simple, impossible to see as farming related. This location, on a knoll in the middle of a rocky wet swampy ar...

A knoll rock pile sites in Ashland, MA - part 2

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As I approached this knoll I could see there was something interesting about to appear. I took a number of pictures here and in the vicinity...
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Some sites in Ashland, MA - part 1

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I went south of the Mass Pike to explore, hoping to avoid snow. This took me to Ashland, MA. Instead the crust was just slicker than usual. ...
Sunday, March 11, 2007

More mystery tracks in the snow

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Not rock pile related - but the sort of thing you see while out looking for rock piles in the snow. Any guesses? Since these have melted a ...
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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Ashland Appetizer

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A first time venturing south of the Mass Pike. Stay tuned.

Rocky Pond Community Forest in Northborough MA

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I parked and walked in along a gully towards the pond which was, I think south or southwest. In the snow I could easily scan a number of roc...
Friday, March 09, 2007

More on Nipsachuck - the North Smithfield RI site threatened by development

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[Click here] This is from "The Call" in an article by staff writer Joseph P. Nadeau entitled "Sekonke Wampanoag chief visits...
Thursday, March 08, 2007

Rhode Island piles from reader Tim M.

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He asked me to not say where these are from. The pictures include some interesting small structures. This is a standing stone , grown into a...
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Fish Weirs

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Norman Muller writes in: This is a fine paper on fish weirs: http://www.lutins.org/thesis.html Update : Tim MacSweeney writes in comments: H...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Rock piles and holly trees

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The American Holly is a favorite tree, native to southern Mass. They were mixed in with the white pines at Bruce's Lakeville site.

Some outcrops with rock piles - more from Lakeville MA

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Bruce pointed out that at this site there are many places where the rock piles seem to be incorporated into outcrops. This first one is at t...

Lakeville rock-on-rock

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Some more scenes from Bruce McAleer's Lakeville site

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A beautiful split wedged rock. What I interpret as quarry marks: A pile in the sun: A pair of quartz fragements on a rock next to the trail...
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