tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10803421613305939.post7122094606791724119..comments2023-10-31T09:13:06.922-04:00Comments on SRAC "River, Rocks, and Time": Grid Stone Found at Spanish HillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10803421613305939.post-27922720906441410122008-08-17T13:21:00.000-04:002008-08-17T13:21:00.000-04:00Deb Twigg;Excited about the recent addition to you...Deb Twigg;<BR/>Excited about the recent addition to your website on the crosshatched stones. This is very interesting and It seems that the crosshatched stones had major significance to the people.<BR/>Some possibilities to consider as for its use:<BR/><BR/> * a clan symbol for the serpent clan - the great number of these crosshatched stones were found associated with mounds. Serpent is chosen as spirit guide for the serpent clan people.<BR/> * pneumatic device for recalling tribal legends - Great Serpent (manito) is often used in tribal legends in allegorical way. Perhaps the serpent is related to the water people, for use in rain ceremonies, as rivers twist and bend like the writhing scales of a great serpent.<BR/> * A spirit-stone - the alcheringa the spirit stones were used to represent a spirit, very well described by J.G. Frazier - see http://www.freewebs.com/historyofmonksmound/entableture.htm<BR/> * A representation of a community or network - the x representing the soul or spirit is a widespread motif. The combination of many may be an indication of many souls working together, possibly in as in a warrior group <BR/> * an abstract representation of ancestry - defined by Carl Schuster and Edmund Carpenter in the book Social Symbolism of Tribal art<BR/> * Calendar system -angles corresponding with solstices<BR/> * representation of a map -latitude and longitude<BR/> * gaming board for use in Divination- Shamans would use grid boards to determine outcome of events, based on placement of sacred stones or burning embers after blowing them across the grids in a pattern<BR/> * tattoo palette for mixing pigment - for use with bone awls to mix pigment that is rubbed into tattoo<BR/> * all/ some of the above<BR/> * none of the above<BR/><BR/>Best Regards;<BR/>Vince BarrowsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com