Thursday, October 13, 2011

Acton MA Cairn Trail Clearing - REMINDER

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Where: end of Wheeler Lane in Acton When: 10AM, Sunday Oct 16. Bring whatever might help clear brush - hands and/or equipment.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The High Point on Two-Rod Rd - Estabrook Woods, Concord MA

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I came across some very well buried rock piles in northeastern Estabrook Woods, like this (see also here for videos): Some were completely i...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Maybe the Indians were the first bloggers.

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by Ernie Branscomb  Photo by Robin Shelly "There is a Round Rock on a road, a few miles north of Laytonville. On that rock is what we ...
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Eastern Esterbrook High Point - a new site (the videos)

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Stumbled (literally) onto some near-completely buried rock piles, while exploring the north eastern edges of Esterbrook Woods on the Concord...
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Monday, October 10, 2011

“San Salary” ritual

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Photo courtesy of Ere-Chui Association of Obshchinas of the Telengit. "This rite is performed during a new moon, and preparations begin...
Sunday, October 09, 2011

Tremper Mountain, Oddities

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The stone above was near the rock piles in the previous post. It's likely, even probably natural, but the contours were enough like a st...

Tremper Mountain, Ulster County, NY

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Tremper Mountain in Ulster County New York was, in the 1700s and early 1800s, the site of extensive blue stone quarrying. The stones were us...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Big messy rock piles - Horse Hill Left

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I was going to write something about quarrying and ceremonialism as a container for discussing my confusion, when they occur together. At th...

Petroglyphs and Arrowheads by the Stone Weir

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Tony DeCondo at a fish weir visible in the Passaic, between Paterson and Fair Lawn, when the river is low. More: http://wakinguponturtleis...

LeBeau Fishing Camp & Weir Archaeological Preserve

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"A large stone pile located on the east bank of the Quinebaug and extending to the eastern edge of the weir may have served as the bas...

Polygonal Mound (with no hollow) - West of Dan Parker Rd Groton MA

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Another small mound from the site I visited yesterday (see here ) west of Dan Parker Rd. This mound is conspicuously different from the man...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Woodland Indian quartz arrowhead

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On Friday after work I went back to one of the places I visited many times this summer, searching for artifacts. I have searched most of the...
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West side of Dan Parker Rd - Groton, MA

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(known sites in blue outline, new sites in red outline) I have written a good deal about Horse Hill and Blood Rd on the Groton/Dunstable bor...

First picture...last picture

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Starting a walk you don't know if you are going to find anything, so you photo a thing of beauty just in case you do not find a thing ...

Finding Sacred Ground

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Finding Sacred Ground from Sacred Land Film Project on Vimeo .
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Mapping Sacred Sites

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Mapping Sacred Sites from Sacred Land Film Project on Vimeo .
Monday, October 03, 2011

North Georgia and Eastern Tennessee Rock Piles

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GF Merritt writes: ...I thought I might share some pictures relevant to your questions about stone features in Georgia. Quick background: ...
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Sunday, October 02, 2011

Barrett Park - Leominster, MA

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Noticed a small park that might be worth exploring but it turned out to be too close to the city, more a city park than an undisturbed woodl...

Oval Pile with "satellites" - Concord, MA

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Here is an unusual configuration of rock piles on a knoll looking over a swamp and pond in Concord. A knoll overlooks the top of a wetland, ...