Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Wave or a Crawl?

(More Hints at Identifying Indigenous Stonework)


      I guess it’s more of a crawl than a wave maybe – or is every long segment of rows of stones a Great Serpent, connecting the underworld to the upperworld, “suggestive of flowing water or the zig-zag of lightning,” like the Tewa say? {http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2014/02/great-serpents-and-sometimes-serpentine.html}

Look more carefully and closer to see if any of those stones artistically placed as if to more closely resemble animal heads important to the local Indigenous People?

       You might begin to wonder, "Has this one been sculpted, pecked and polished to maybe resemble a bear or some other animal face?"

This crawl or wave is near a certain Diamondback Terrapin Petroform:

       And halfway between the two maybe another, perhaps made by someone with a lesser degree of artistic ability, but still recognizable as a Turtle, incorporated into this row of stones:
Another on another row of stones on the little hill:
I wish I had a better name for this repeated pattern - or any clue at all what to call this one:
(All are my photos, Madison CT 2013)

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