Monday, February 24, 2020

Ives' Eyes

    Observations of an Indigenous pattern of placing stones in a "stone wall" in such a way as to suggest the row of stones that is possibly a larger stone  Snake Effigy is made up of smaller stone effigies, often smaller snakes, sometimes effigies of other sorts - and perhaps most often and most easily recognizable Turtles Effigies (even in a YouTube video):
A brief glimpse:
A moment of recognition, observing a shell and a head stone:

Suggestion of a Specific Species:

The light catches some other effigies:

Making the effigies come alive by overlaying human eyes:



  “Ives remains skeptical of ceremonial stone landscape theory, noting that it was independently developed by Euro-American antiquarians prior to its endorsement by Native American tribal authorities, and has expressed concern regarding the broader social costs of ceremonial stone landscape preservation campaigns, citing their record of mobilizing white guilt, the psychosocial phenomenon described by race relations scholar Shelby Steele, to gain political support and subvert criticism…”
   Some Images from: Ives, Timothy H., "Stone Heaping Practices of Nineteenth-Century Farmers: New Insights from Archival Sources", An invited presentation for the Annual Meeting of the Barrington Preservation Society, January 26, 2020.  https://youtu.be/uGWoMRPRxDI

Search results for that third distinguishing characteristic of a nuchal notch that even a Professional Archaeologist can be trained to identify:
https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/search?q=nuchal

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