Stone Prayers Of Southern New England

Ancient stone structures in the woods of Southern New England. Music by Generations Drum.

For a higher resolution version go to menotomyjournal.com/stoneprayers.wmv

For more information:
rockpiles.blogspot.com
larryharrop.com
stonestructures.org
neara.org

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• native
• american
• indians
• stone
• structures
• prayers
• cairns
• piles
• spirituality
• archaeology
• ethnography
• sacred
• chambers

[Shian222]

Celtic, change the chants

[JimTheUmp]

It's pretty racist to attribute stone structures in the Eastern Woodlands to Europeans when Indians have been stewards of that land for thousands of years. You would also have to hold the very racist belief - a belief that is still prevalent in the scholarship - that Indians were too lazy and lacked the ingenuity to build in stone, and Europeans had to teach them. It is a ludicrous idea.

[OneStudentVoice]

These look suspiciously like the remnants of small farm cabins, sheds, and fences that you find all over New England. The thing is, up until the mid 19th century, NE was stripped pretty much bare for farmland. If you look at the trees in these photos (width of trunks relative to leaves and height of lowest branches serve well), you see they are all under 100 years old- these site had been cleared, farmed on and messed with for about 250-300 years...

[JimTheUmp]

There's no question that there is a considerable number of farm remnants in the woods of New England. I have seen many more of those than sacred structures. But what is pictured in this video has little to do with farming and form repeatable patterns documented over a wide cultural area stretching from PA to the Atlantic, and from Canada to Georgia. They are well-documented. Racism is prevalent in the scholarship even today.

[fourtimezthru]

btw, i dont care who made these, they are way wickedly cool

my rez(gov, alotted land) is all rock, so im gonna build some of these as tourist attractions, you are so invited my friend, i will have some cool music to go with my rock thinggys

[JimTheUmp]

United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (of which the Aroostook Band of Micmac are members -- along with Houlton Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and many others) passed Resolution 2007:037 which calls for the protection of, "sacred stone landscapes."

So while I work to protect sacred sites, you surf the web and denigrate others because it fills the emptiness you feel. Whatever floats your boat, I say.

[MeredithWaters]

I'm from Connecticut and have grown up around these stone structures and the forests. My reverence for them continues to grow. I've lived in the Middle East for 5 years and now and when I return to my homeland I now understand that Native America is the true America. I am rediscovering my country by learning about and honoring her people. These stones are wakan/manitou, words that in English we barely understand. Sacred hardly begins to express it.

[MultiMudskipper]

@JimTheUmp Mikmaw

[jewlzben]

New Zealand is littered with similar sites, it is said that New Zealand was inhabited by Celts before maoris, A family of 70 celts were banished there in 700AD, They even recorded passing a barren land with little water and black savages IE Australia.

[shimanagashimono]

How were these used ? Just for ceremonial purposes, spirutula/burial sites, direction markers, or storage? The mention below of settlers' root cellars seems credible in some instances, but certainly not all

[shawnee2014]

celtics people mixed whit innuits north canada , atabhasca saskaychewan & others community

[beautydaddy]

No offense to the N.A.'s but some of these were root cellers of the colonials.

[Goetterhand]

Grüße aus der Oberlausitz!

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