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Originally Posted by unlimited mind
i have spoken to the main archeologist here in NC for the parks service, until he makes time to investigate this himself, then we simply have to wait. i have contacted many archeologist over the past few months, and this is exactly what they tell me.
you have not resonated that there is 'conscious work' being done, BEFORE academics get in there and close the site off. i hope this is more clear now. i have mentioned this in several posts along the way.
so when you say you are going to go around contacting people after i have clearly stated the objective, by discerning and interacting directly WITH the site, then i have to say, that pretty much speaks for itself, about your intentions. there is NO REASON why you or anyone else should feel disappointed in the progress, of this process.
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You’re correct, I have not resonated with a strange idea that there is “conscious work’ being done. I don’t think that term has any meaning to me in regards to a logical and sensible process of studying the site.
You seem to be offended that I said I would contact people. However, contacting professionals who know the area, and know anthropology, is an excellent way to find out what may be at this site, particularly when I’m thousands of miles away and need some local expertise to provide feedback. Is it just a pile of rocks?, or is there some explanation for the slated rocks and depressions in some of the boulders? The only 2 boulders that I thought were interesting, were the ones with possible "faces".
I did say I was disappointed, and the reason I said that, was because you said “nor do i expect them to until the conscious work we are doing is completed. “
It is almost like you are holding the key to a door, that something you are doing, some work of extreme value, is holding any other person from having the answers.
I said I would contact some Universities, since I am an educator myself. Here is a response I have received, it is from Jane Eastman, who is the Assoc Professor/Department Head of the Anthropology & Sociology Department of Western Carolina University.
I think her reply is self explanatory and tells of natural weathering formations which occur in the rocks and boulders in that area of North Carolina.
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Dear Kathy
I spoke to her (Jodi Hammack and/or Donna Spratt) on the phone and recommended that she contact the NC Rock Art Society. After looking at the photos of the depressions, I would recommend that you and she have a look at the images and descriptions of these types of depressions that form from natural weathering processes - they are called gnamma pits. If you could please pass these on to her, I'd appreciate it. What appears to have happened is that these pits formed when the boulders where oriented such that the rock face was horizontal and that since then the boulders have tumbled downslope to their current location and position.
http://geo-sites.zoomshare.com/files/snames-range.htm
http://www.uccs.edu/~geomorph/sites/the_crags.html
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/gnamma.html
I think you will notice a striking resemblance between these natural weathering features and the depressions on the boulders from Joyce Kilmer.
Jane Eastman