Could it be a Mastodon?

Photo at Eye-level:

Yikes: Turns out that's a fake pipe!! See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport_Tablets

Mastodon bones discovery, Farmington

THE ICE AGE IN CONNECTICUT as summarized by J. Gregory McHone

Immediately after the ice left, plants and animals returned, even while it was still very cold. It is amazing to find nearly complete skeletons of large animals still preserved in lake muds from 10,000 years or more in the past. The most recent elephant excavation took place just across the border in New York, and it has a great web site -- the Hyde Park Mastodon excavation.

(http://www.wesleyan.edu/ctgeology/Glacial/GlacialGeology.html)

That Turtle on the Mound Again

Testudinate is what I titled that post with the apology for the blurry photo above.

And I must confess that I can't remember exactly where it was - as well as whether it actually was on a mound and not in a stone row.

But this morning I went through some folders to look for what I saw before and after, to jog my memory, and found a better photo of the mound/stone/rock pile/heap or whatever the Native American name was in the Quirpi dialect.

Judging from the light, it looks like mid-afternoon, and the photos say "May 13, 2009."

The first stone to catch my eye was this big boulder:

What is it? I don't really know. I don't think it's a turtle, but could it be a bear?
Stick some tusks on it and maybe it's an older creature from way, way back...

I don't think this is the backside of the turtle mound, but I could be wrong; in fact I am - there's a dog collar on the base of the tree!

And here's that nicely formed, little disturbed turtle on the mound:

What follows in my folder is a bunch of interesting stuff, all blurry, but all clustered near by. I got back in focus for a couple more:

Some Stone Features in CT

Near the Springhead of the dried up stream... #5:

Stone Worked Spring

A stone worked spring:

White Quartz Stone Row etc

“Quartz veins can be envisioned as metaphorical lightning and snakes. Indigenous people consulted by Conway (1993:89), reported that quartz veins were caused by lightning that had struck the cliffs. These lightning marks produced by the Thunderbirds enhanced the spiritual charge of the place. Furthermore, serpents have been depicted near or on these quartz veins, thus replicating the eternal battle between the Thunderbirds and the Underwater creatures (Conway 1993:90). Quartz veins could also stand for the underwater snakes. Owen reported that: At a point called by the Indians Wa-bi-se-gon, near the entrance to Nemakan or Sturgeon Lake, is an exposure of mica slate, with feldspar veins, …, which from the resemblance of one of the veins to a serpent, is regarded by the Indians as a manitou or god, and must be highly esteemed by them, from the quantity of vermillion bestowed on it, and the number of animals depicted on the face of the rock. (Owen 1852:318)”  https://www.academia.edu/38227844/Spectacles_to_Behold_Colours_in_Algonquian_Landscapes

Quartz veins could also stand for the underwater snakes:

 “Kitche Manitou wrought the mountains, the cliffs, precipices, and escarpments. Thinking that perhaps the massive rocks were too imposing and dark and grey and dreary, Kitche Manitou fashioned small stones, the size of plum pits and of brilliant hues of white, crimson, green, blue, yellow, amber, azure. He hurled these brilliant pebbles against the mountains and rocky sides of the earth. Immediately, the rocks and mountains began to sparkle.” (Johnston 1976:167)

 The shimmering inclusions are sometimes incorporated into the images. At the Mazinaw Lake site in Ontario, a Thunderbird seems to be clutching a vein in its talons, while the main panel at Fairy Point site (Ontario) is framed by quartz veins (Figure 4). Quartz veins can be envisioned as metaphorical lightning and snakes. Indigenous people consulted by Conway (1993:89), reported that quartz veins were caused by lightning that had struck the cliffs. These lightning marks produced by the Thunderbirds enhanced the spiritual charge of the place. Furthermore, serpents have been depicted near or on these quartz veins, thus replicating the eternal battle between the Thunderbirds and the Underwater creatures (Conway 1993:90). Quartz veins could also stand for the underwater snakes. Owen reported that: At a point called by the Indians Wa-bi-se-gon, near the entrance to Nemakan or Sturgeon Lake, is an exposure of mica slate, with feldspar veins, …, which from the resemblance of one of the veins to a serpent, is regarded by the Indians as a manitou or god, and must be highly esteemed by them, from the quantity of vermillion bestowed on it, and the number of animals depicted on the face of the rock. (Owen 1852:318)

 https://www.academia.edu/38227844/Spectacles_to_Behold_Colours_in_Algonquian_Landscapes