Friday, February 6, 2015

Reptilian Stone-Work, Aligned Boulder Arrangement, Platform & Rock Shelter


Reptilian Stone-Work, Aligned Boulder Arrangement, Platform & Rock Shelter

In my hikes I came across this worked-out boulder nearby to other stone-works on a hillside such as cairns.  This boulder looks reptillian to me- note the chin, mouth, nose, even how the eye is worked out in this profile. View A:


B:


C:  This is obviously a reptile, and my friend hiking with me that day couldn't agree more.  But it begs many questions- what species of reptile does it represent?  Is this species now extinct for thousands of years in the New England area due to climate change?  Similar as to how corn (maize) was traded up from Meso-America into this and other regions- what about religious movements( meso-america seems to be rich in serpent/ reptile motiffs).?  Why does a tribe in Texas, even to this day, perform some of their ceremonies with an un-fossilized dinosaur bone?  (read "Red Earth, White Lies" by Vine Deloria Jr.)  What was the significance of reptilian deities in this area in ancient times?  Perhaps the Native Tradition that in old times there were creatures that turned into stone explains it best.  Anyway, very unusual, but a very nicely worked-out boulder taking reptilian shape.  Probably dressed up with parishable plant-based paint material in it's day: 


Behind the Reptile Boulder is this propped "Table Dolmen" platform.  All of these works definitly had a ceremonial feel to them:


A line of boulders leads up to the platform:


More lined boulders, the trail continues:





A nearby Rock Shelter:



3 comments:

  1. http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2015/02/making-snakes-from-other-peoples.html

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  2. It just sort of struck me that the solid reptilian head stone above sort of resembles this composite stone serpent head: http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2014/12/perspective.html

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  3. It just sort of struck me that the solid reptilian head stone above sort of resembles this composite stone serpent head: http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2014/12/perspective.html

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