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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.

Friday, April 28, 2023

Quartz, Oval Scaper

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From North River, Marshfield
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Rock Features of the Upper Klamath Basin (2018 Thesis)

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An Integrated Approach to Identification  By Roman Jakien Central Washington University, romansjakien@gmail.com “Obtaining power through...
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A few artifacts from Plymouth, MA

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Some eclectic finds, from a town with a sense of the past. A special place for Americans. What I never realized about Plymouth before is tha...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Large Rock Pile with Enclosure, from PA

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[From Norman Muller] Going through some old photos, I came upon this image of a large cairn supposedly somewhere in Berks or Bucks Co., PA. ...
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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Prehistoric Monumental Archaeology of the Southeastern United States

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Mar 6, 2021 Archaeologists have been studying the monumental earthworks in the eastern woodlands since Thomas Jefferson first tasked a few o...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Lithic Analysis of Nevada Stone tools

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A series discussing some of the details of the stone tools I brought back from Nevada [not rock pile-related. ]
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Monday, April 10, 2023

Nashobah Praying Indian Book Signing & Open House

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Sunday April 23, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Littleton Historical Society, 4   Rogers Street, Littleton, MA History of the Nashobah Praying Indians: ...
Saturday, April 08, 2023

Another glass "arrowhead"

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This is the third piece of glass I picked up since last fall because of the signs of deliberate flaking. I have a very hard time believing a...
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Sunday, April 02, 2023

Hunting blinds

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  (27) Google Earth led me to an amazing discovery in the desert - YouTube
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Slate arrowhead, from below tide line at a river mouth

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Crystal arrowheads from Spain

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Awfully nice: The Prehistoric weapons made from crystal | HeritageDaily - Archaeology News  
Friday, March 31, 2023

Stonehenge is not a calendar?

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The 'Stonehenge calendar' shown to be a modern construct (phys.org) (The precision of archaeo-astronomy is a two-edged sword.)
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Manitoba Petroglyphs

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 (via Tommy Hudson) Thought you might find this interesting. Circles, turtle, snake, etc. https://www.gov.mb.ca/sd/pubs/ parks-protected-spa...
Monday, March 27, 2023

Another Sippewissett Rock Pile Site (Falmouth, MA)

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 A small site, where the crosshair appears on this map Or, in the blue outline This is a small conservation land, a bit hard to get to. I wa...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Is this research?

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Experiencing a NEARA Research Trip to A Stone Site in Maine - YouTube Dear friends: why are you stripping a pile and digging around it like ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2023

BLM contact sought

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Does any reader have any contacts in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)?

Desert Kites - latest info

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 [Not US related] Spirituality "entangled" with practicality: Uncovering the ritual past of an ancient stone monument in Saudi Ara...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Standing with Stones (British Stone Sites)

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[via Norman Muller] I came across an excellent documentary on Youtube: "Standing with Stones: An Epic Journey through Prehistoric Brita...
Saturday, March 11, 2023

Talking about stone tools using European terminology

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I wish I felt it was possible to have an open discussion of stone tools, without having to justify their existence to people who don't r...
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The pseudo-Oldowan

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Awfully primitive: I do not want to ignore it but do not want to collect it. From the caprock east of upper Arrow Canyon, NV [see here ]
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