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Rock Piles

This is about rock piles and stone mound sites in New England. A balance is needed between keeping them secret and making them public. Also arrowheads, stone tools and other surface archaeology.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Acton's Native American Grinding Stones

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"Traces in the Woods" has the descriptions [ click here ]
Friday, August 19, 2011

A reader sends some pics

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Reader Russ sent some pics from Littleton and vicinity including ones of this pile I think I recognize from near the train tracks in Boxboro...

Field Find Story

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Chris Pittman writes: On Wednesday I drove to a field where I found some broken pieces back in the spring. Since then, the farmer has co...
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New England Cross & Rail Fence

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http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-england-cross-rail-fence.html
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Evidence of Native American Brush Fish Weirs

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"What is left today? What remain are the stones , walls and enclosures that survived in protected areas along Connecticut’s coast...The...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Wrentham State Forest - small marker pile site and a lesson learned

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This one first caught my eye and then I poked around. Here were a few beaten down piles, perhaps a bit triangular: (Hard to get focused pict...

"conic mound(s) of Stone"

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Photos: John Everett accessed from: http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/brochure/11188a.aspx But there's more than on...

USDA Bungles Sacred Site Issues

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A new draft report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that American Indians are correct in believing that the federal government an...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

Wrentham State Forest - rock-on-rocks along the trail.

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This is 1/2 way between A and B, so I have taken to splitting the drive into two pieces, with a walk in Wrentham in between. Taking the ...

The Yale Indian Project

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Norman Muller writes: I found this link. It looks interesting, but not sure if it is up and running. http://www.library.yale.edu/yipp/ab...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Kettle Holes - a closer look along Firetower Hill Rd.

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Went again to look for the kettle hole I remembered with 2 piles. Finally re-located it and my wife found a third pile there. Stumbled into...
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Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge

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  Some Stone features at Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Salt Meadow Unit in Westbrook CT along the Menunketesuck River - Ju...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Ted Hendrickson's photos

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Very nice black and white photos [Click here] Also explore the rest of his website.
Monday, August 08, 2011

A well-hidden rock pile

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I asked my wife to point at it: I worry whether I am properly documenting the rock pile sites around Falmouth, found in kettle holes. But th...
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Revisiting another kettle hole

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This one is in Falmouth on Firetower Hill Rd, 2nd kettle hole on the left heading north from Brick Kiln Rd. Another lovely place: I remember...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Revisiting kettle holes

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Given recent experiences, I thought it would be worth revisiting a couple of other kettle hole sites, while I am down in Falmouth. One, off ...
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