Current Project: Researching an Ancient New England Site
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On the Trail to Site "X"
This entry was posted on 7/12/2006 4:21 PM and is filed under Personal Narrative.
Each time we return to Site "X" we learn more from careful observation. The photos below are are evidence to us that there is always more than meets the eye. The turtle head in the first photo is something I passed by dozens of times without noticing. In fact I only noticed it when pouring over some wideshots of what we consider to be the main area of Site "X". The visage caught my attention, I zoomed in, and was astonished. There is much more turtle stone work located here, some of it huge.
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A very regal-looking turtle head. It seems to even perhaps have some human-like qualities to it. It looks directly to the east.
A quartz trail marker in a spot on a rock wall, previously unnoticed along the back corner of an ancient hemlock grove. We also finally measured the girth of the largest hemlock. It was a little over one-hundred inches!
Side view of the "pointer stone."
Close up. What does it point to? See below.
About 1/8 mile due east of the pointer, an aperture in a rock wall that runs perpendicular to the one with the pointer rock.
Reverse angle. What does this point to? See below.
The quartz pointer rock and rock wall aperture lead to this row of boulders leading up the side of a hill. The boulder in the foreground appears to have some human-like facial features or maybe those of the "stonish giants" of Lenape legends. How does this row of boulders end? See below.
A huge split rock, which appears to have been at one time a single glacial boulder. We've dubbed it "Nokomis" for it's symbolic female characteristics and it's connection to other nearby stoneworks in a creation story mythology.
Mrs. Highland Boy, a.ka. the Algonquin Princess ponders the meaning of it all, but declined to pass through the opening at this time!
Adjacent to the split rock is this "stairway" or perhaps quarry site which leads up to the top of the hill from a different direction. What does it lead to? See below.
A single standing stone, or "manitou" stone on the hill, at the end of the trail which began at the quartz pointer stone. The top of the hill is devoid of any other stonework save for this one.
1/24/2007 9:10 PM
phil rand wrote:
What in the world is "site X"?? I spent almost 40 years in Princeton and never heard of it!! Where were the rocks?? On the mountain?? Pine Hill?? Little Wachusett? Near Redemption Rock?? Curiosity is killing me!! Phil Rand Reply to this
Thank you for taking the time to read the blog and comment. "Site X" is the name I use to refer to an archaelogical location in central New England I am currently researching. At this time I am keeping the exact location private.
The "King Phillip's Rock" site is at separate location and was at one time well-known. It is located at the confluence of the Millers and Otter Rivers. There are trails to this location and it is well worth the effort to hike in and explore. I'll be posting more on that location and discussing the history of it at a later time.
