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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, November 26, 2011

Dating stone tools in Europe is so easy!

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I cannot resist a nicely flaked stone axe [ Click here ] "may be about 100,000 years old"
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Sacred Landscapes and Sacred Memories - presentation

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“Sacred Landscapes and Sacred Memories”, presented by Pamela Ellis,J.D., and Rae Gould, Ph.D., of the Nipmuc Indian Nation, on Tuesday, Dece...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Odd Smooth Stone

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Decided I should stop telling about this stone that has made me curious and post it so I can get comments from people here. The picture belo...
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Hill between Century Mill Rd and Danforth Brook

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I was heading up the northern side of a hill near Danforth Brook in Bolton and was a little surprised to see a rock pile as I glanced downhi...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Back at the new site, quartz stemmed arrowhead

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Last week I posted about a new site where I found a few arrowheads. I didn't have time last weekend to thoroughly and systematically sc...
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Is that a fluted point or what?

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Unidentified, funny, little rocks

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Spear throwers or "atlatls" are sticks used to extend the length of the thrower's arm, perhaps even adding some "whip...
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Who built the ancient structures in Canada and New England?

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Just saw this question as a search term one visitor used to get to this blog. Isn't the answer contained in the question? I mean who liv...
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Split Boulder.....with two offering holes in Hopkinton, RI

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From Jeff in RI: Cut back some brambles and brushed some pine needles away to reveal the holes. A Eureka moment for sure! Update : I did n...
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Philip Smith

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Norman Muller writes: I came across this article while browsing an archaeology website, and to my amazement found Philip Smith's name b...
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Hallstead PA

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Norman Muller writes: Those cairns that Don Windsor found in Chenago Co, NY, remind me of some I saw in Hallstead, PA , which is probably n...
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Exploring Chenango County, NY

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by theseventhgeneration Click here for a link to the Exploring Chenango County, New York blog by Donald A. Windsor. The link will take you...
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A completely inaccessible rock pile site - Rt 110 Harvard, MA

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This is something I have been waiting to see: a rock pile site that is completely inaccessible. Even with lower water levels it would be dif...
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Cothren's Indian "Idol"

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The legs were added, the material "petrified walnut(?)." Image from:  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/apg3269.0002.001/59?page=roo...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Stones that look like birds- Cumberland RI

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Here are a couple that I have found. Near the base of a small hill: At the top of that same hill: Peeking through the leaves in the fo...
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Looking for Bird Stones Online

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So I start the day like I usually do. I make some coffee and turn on the computer. When the coffee's done, I sit down at the computer d...
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