2405 B.C. +/- 185 years (C-14
dated hearth with nearby associated stone pile)
2515 B.C. +/- 240 years (C-14
dated hearth with nearby associated stone pile)
“This camp site was located on a glacial
kame terrace on the Shepaug River. The site was classified as belonging to the
narrow-point tradition. Several piles or concentrations of river cobbles were
excavated and interpreted as boiling stones used in cooking. Although the placing
of boiling stones in a pile seems insignificant, it demonstrates that
indigenous cultures were using stone piles for utilitarian purposes. In
addition, an 18 inch stone circled work area was interpreted as having a “possible
religious” aspect.” Edmund Swigart
1974 Prehistory of the
Indians of Western Connecticut: Part 1, 9,000-1000 BC. Washington, CT:
American Indian archaeological Institute.
I could have once walked from home here in
Nonnewaug, along the stone bordered Indigenous roads that would get me near
this site – maybe I could trace them on the LiDar, figure out if I still could.
Of course then I’d have to admit that I still haven’t found this segment of
stone on the Lidar yet:
https://rockpiles.blogspot.com/2016/12/horned-serpent-washington-ct.html
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