Land of a Thousand Cairns (signed by the authors); Revival of Old-Style Ceremonies
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2020. Second edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 310, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Signed by both authors on the title page. New. Item #18721
From the time of the American Revolution to the end of the 19th century, Lawton Foster Road in Hopkinton, Rhode Island was home to a small rural community. A few families eked out a living on the rocky poor soils through growing corn, rye, potatoes, apples, small scale sheep farming, and timber harvesting. Today, the land has reforested and much of it has become wildlife conservation property. Over 2500 stone structures have been found including stone cairns, three stone chambers, several serpent effigies, enclosures, niches, triangle symbolism and other odd man-made features. Who built these enigmatic stone cairns? When? And for what purpose? A dedicated team documented the structures, researched the genealogy of the families who lived there, researched deeds, and analyzed the structures themselves and their relationships to each other. The findings challenge conventional historical and archaeological assumptions about these stone structure sites.
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