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Time and Mind
Below are some articles and studies from the world of rock:

 

1) 14,000 year old bison skull x-rayed for stone tool fragments, 6/7/10

http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/sanjuans/isj/news/95810309.html

 

2) A dog burial, topped with a stone structure, found in California, 6/10/10

http://www.ocregister.com/news/dog-252748-burial-href.html

 

3) A 12,000 year old site found in Keene, NH, 6/10/10

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=A+12%2C000-year-old+find+in+Keene&articleId=54601353-dc58-4c2a-854b-2b2dc842cf69

http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2010/06/18/news/local/free/id_404071.txt

 

4) Stone structures and petroglyphs in Karelia, Russia, 6/11/10

"Karelia is famous with its seitas. This word means “divinity” and, according to geographers and ethnologists it represents cult rocks, artificial stone pyramids, and ritual handmade stone structures. Karelian Lapps believed that the souls of the dead were reincarnated in rocks. The rocks could also serve as indicators or separators."

http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/113761-1/

 

5) Native American site excavated by the Patuxent River, Maryland, 6/12/10

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-indian-village-site-20100528,0,5619015,full.story

 

6) Ancient cave paintings found in Romania, 6/13/10

http://www.physorg.com/news195668903.html

http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/2038

 

7) "Who were the first Americans?" More on the Paisley Caves, 6/13/10

http://www.parade.com/news/2010/06/13-who-were-the-first-americans.html

 

8) "Two distinct groups from Asia settled in the New World and not one single migration as suggested by previous genetic studies, experts said … after comparing the skulls of early Americans.", 6/14/10

http://www.physorg.com/news195759989.html

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011105;jsessionid=580E12E119B736F724490E0DC24012A2.ambra02

 

9) "What's a Stone Age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb?", 6/16/10

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100614101724.htm

 

10) Finnish "Seitas, or the old sacred places of the Sámi people, have become the subject of renewed interest. The name varies, depending on the local Sámi dialect, and the places are also known as sieidis or Storjunkare", 6/22/10

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/iSeitasi+sacred+places+of+the+indigenous+S%C3%A1mi+people+have+become+subjects+of+renewed+interest/1135257596134

 

11) An abstract from the July issue of Time & Mind journal

"This article proposes that the particular use and modification of landscapes—such as through the application of rock art and the construction of living spaces—are material projections of the shared spiritual and social experiences and beliefs of culturally related people."

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/tmdj/2010/00000003/00000002/art00004

The table of contents from the same issue.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/berg/tmdj/2010/00000003/00000002;jsessionid=1sbh8g8hit6hl.alexandra

 

12) An article comparing studies of coastal hunter-gatherers in Scotland and in Patagonia

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba109/feat3.shtml

 

13) A study of a petroglyph equinox marker in Eastern California

http://www.equinox-project.com/v23071.htm

 

14) A study of a bronze age mining site in England

http://www.alderleyedge.com/images/current-archaeology.pdf

 

Enjoy!!

Rob