The western, lower edge of the mound; you could say the mound is built behind this boulder...
Moving clockwise:
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Clearing Piles in the Field Around the Very Large Mound
The Very Large Mound was built on a steep hillside. It somehow seems taller than it is because of that. My best guess about why it has grown in with trees is because it's so steep - I haven't found an accurate topo map,but I often find those maps aren't always correct.
And it seems to be deliberately "built." There are many dumped piles of stones cleared from the field - dumped on zigzag and linear rows, as well as in series of piles along a perimiter toward the inside of the field, among the barberries and roses, blackberries and raspberries.
Stone on stone on boulder:
Zigzag and right angle linear:
Zigzag:
Along the linear row that ends with dumped piles:
Taking Another Look Back to The Large Mound in 1934
I looked at those photos I posted yesterday - and said to myself, "Self, look at 1934 photo just one more time,compare that to the later ones again, and re-think that circle you drew around (what I thought was) the Very Large Mound."
So I did.
And I called up the image from Google Earth and used that "Path/Line" function to do some measuring and went back to the CT State Library Digital Collections (http://cslib.cdmhost.com/index.php) where I had found the 1934 (and 1965) images.
Since 1934, the trees have grown in around (up to?)the Very large Stone Mound, which is about 500 feet, plus or minus, from the SE and SW borders of the field or a little less than half way across the field.
So here's the spot I came up with:
And here's as much as I can magnify the image:
So, at least today, I think that I'm seeing the mound in 1934, with the apple tree to its East, and some fuzzy images that suggest maybe an inclosure made of perhaps stones. I seem to remember some stone rows in that area that's grown in with trees and brush now.
Perhaps I'll find some time to return there today...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Large Stone Mound
Above is my April 14, 2009 walk to a Large Stone Mound. The yellow dots approximate where I stopped to took a few photos, the larger yellow line where I took the video. Built into a hillside, this large mound is ten feet high at least, maybe 3X as wide (I'm not really sure). Below is zooming in with Google, dated 2006.
The mound circled in red:
1934 Aerial:
The zigzags show up more and more as you zoom in, a little fuzzy, but visible...
These are some 1964 Aerial Survey enlargements:
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
28 spear points on exhibit in Madison, CT
photo from: www.scrantonlibrary.org/documents/poster2.pdf"Twenty-two years ago, a utility crew digging in Madison turned up a cache of archaic/woodland transition spear points. Recently, a lineman who had collected 28 of perhaps 40 of them (attached image), brought them to the Scranton Library saying "Maybe the folks from Madison would like to see this collection?" The rest is history.
The Town of Madison will celebrate this event on April 18th: 1 to 4 p.m. at Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Rd., Madison, CT. For more information, call (203) 245-7365 or Don at (203) 245-9192.
Agenda:
1 to 1:30 pm Smudging ceremony outside the Library, Al Saunders Mohegan Tribe
2 p.m. Welcoming Remarks, Dale Carson Abenaki Tribe, Don Rankin, M.D. Cherokee family ties
2:05 p.m. Gathering Drumming Song, Allan Saunders Mohegan Tribe
2:10 p.m. Artifacts from Henry Golet given to Native Americans
2:15 p.m. Remarks about the Atlatl, Gary Nolf, Word Atlatl Association and Friend of State Archaeology
2:30 pm Connecticut Native American History slide presentation, Don Rankin, M.D. Docent, Meigs Point Nature Center, Special Guest State Archaeologist Nicholas F. Ballantoni, PhD.
The Town of Madison will celebrate this event on April 18th: 1 to 4 p.m. at Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Rd., Madison, CT. For more information, call (203) 245-7365 or Don at (203) 245-9192.
Agenda:
1 to 1:30 pm Smudging ceremony outside the Library, Al Saunders Mohegan Tribe
2 p.m. Welcoming Remarks, Dale Carson Abenaki Tribe, Don Rankin, M.D. Cherokee family ties
2:05 p.m. Gathering Drumming Song, Allan Saunders Mohegan Tribe
2:10 p.m. Artifacts from Henry Golet given to Native Americans
2:15 p.m. Remarks about the Atlatl, Gary Nolf, Word Atlatl Association and Friend of State Archaeology
2:30 pm Connecticut Native American History slide presentation, Don Rankin, M.D. Docent, Meigs Point Nature Center, Special Guest State Archaeologist Nicholas F. Ballantoni, PhD.
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