My longtime
friend (I don’t call anyone an “old friend” anymore) made me aware of a website
I hadn’t taken notice of yet, and I wince at some of what I found there when I clicked
on the link and took a look at some “big creepy rocks in the woods.”
It was very
disturbing to come across this: "These are not pictured here, but many
burial mounds (I believe) litter the base of the mountain. I have dug a bit
into one of these, which was made of small stones and earth, and found a very
strange piece which is explored in the next post."
I can’t find those
sentences on the page now, although there is still a photo of the author which will also probably soon disappear on the
page (digging at night):
Another friend
writes (and brings up some good points with his comment):
“Some good pictures
on this site. Although, yes, some disturbing things. The header under the blog
title reads "Creepy Big Rocks in the Woods." I don't know about
"creepy." More like "sacred." Also, he states that American
Indian culture is not responsible, that Native people themselves told the
colonists that an "older" race built these megaliths. Sorry, but that
just isn't true. As Jim Porter points out there is enough evidence once you
find the research that points to the mound building/ stone building tradition
of Native people in this region. Also, for Native people to tell a colonist
that "we didn't build this, it was the old ones" is like being in New
York City 200 years in the future from now and asking a New Yorker in the
future who built the Empire State building. "It wasn't us," they
would say, "the ones that came before us built that." To put that in
perspective...he would rather listen to
the English researcher Hugh Newman (who I must admit has some good material out
with his Megalithomania project- well let's just say the good, the bad and the
ugly) instead of finding research that points to more local sources of research,
or perhaps he just doesn't know where else to find info. My 2 cents.”
I only hope that
the blog author has learned to immediately cease this digging business. I
understand the frustration involved with the recognition of Indigenous features
of a Ceremonial Stone Landscape, especially in what is now called New England, as well as a lack of information from an easily accessible reliable on-line source (where pseudoscience dominates and drives a lucrative market P.T. Barnum would be envious of).
The federal government acknowledges them and protects them to a degree (although
who knows what may happen after the Inauguration), yet the state governments
still do not.
The point is “You cannot un-dig a site any more
than you can un-bulldoze a site,” regardless whether you are a well-meaning amateur
archaeologist or an oil company employee “just following orders.”
And you need to be
aware about Federal Laws and State Laws before you begin some unauthorized night-time
dig in New Hampshire or some Labor Day weekend bulldozing in North Dakota...
I wondered about
New Hampshire Laws and found this:
“How is the excavation of archaeological resources
restricted in this state (of NH)?”
Section 155-E:2 Permit Required
A permit is required for any excavation of earth. Such a
permit may be waived if the excavation is part of an earlier excavation or if
the excavation relates to public highways.
Division of Historical Resources
The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources issues
permits for archaeological projects on state lands or under state waters. It
also oversees the treatment of unmarked human burials discovered during
land-altering activities.
Section 227-C:7 Permits Issued for State Lands and Waters
The state, acting through the commissioner of the department
of cultural resources, reserves to itself the exclusive right and privilege to
conduct, or cause to be conducted, field investigations of historic resources
that involve the alteration of the surface or subsurface of the resource and
removal of any surface or subsurface objects."
I could find the Vermont
laws and regulations, https://www.wcl.american.edu/burial/vt.cfm,
but nothing for any of the other New England states at this site...
CONCORD, Mass. —
CONCORD, Mass. —
Jun 22, 2018 - A Somerville man is charged with making threats against a judge and court officers on Facebook. Jordan Kert, 29, smiled at times and made faces during his court appearance on Friday...The charges against him are serious. The Somerville man has a history of allegedly threatening former co-workers on social media. Prosecutors say he used the alias "Bob Daniells" on Facebook
(And recently he's also assumed this identity:)
Kert is being held pending a "dangerousness" hearing.
2023, Graham Hancock rekindles Kert's Quest for Fame:
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