A Shadow Under the Rock

 

A Personal Account of New England Archaeology 

by Peter Waksman Ph.D.

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Snapping Turtle (Nonnewaug CT)

 Káhtôquwukanuk  “in the pile” 

Above: 7/6/2023

Below: circa 1997

Tûnuppasuonk Kodtonquag

 - turtle effigy in (stacked) stone(s)? 

(Nipmeuw).

Above and below: Winter 2008

Baby Turtle (Nonnewaug, CT)

 Looking for that baby turtle, over by the old rabbit hutches...

Káhtôquwuk (NI) a pile, a heap, that which is heaped high,

 by placing one above another, allegorically, a 'stone prayer.'

káhtôquwukansh plural “heaps”

 káhtôquwukanuk  “in the pile” 

https://www.moheganlanguage.org/2017/05/01/hvo20856/

(Above: Reversed image, lifted from Below:)

A single stone turtle, perhaps a snapping turtle, facing east:

Nearby, on a different Káhtôquwuk or Stone Prayer:

Tûnuppasuonk Kodtonquag

 - turtle effigy in (stacked) stone(s)?

      (Nipmeuw).

“Invested with prayers for the balance of the universe”