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Saturday, February 27. 2010New marked boulderThis boulder is in West Greenwich, Rhode Island and is similar to symbol rock and millenium rock at Camp Yawgoog in Rockville, Rhode Island and the rock on the Miners Farm in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. The question is, are these real petroglyphs , a natural occurrence that was enhanced by man, or all natural? I have a hard time believing that these are in fact petroglyphs. Why should we assume that the native people in this area only drew these variations of circles? Natural but enhanced by man, maybe, but I'm going with natural. Three years ago, there was a breif but interesting discussion on Peter's Rock Piles Blog. http://rockpiles.blogspot.com/search?q=yawgoog+petroglyphs Check it out and come to your own conclusions. Be sure to read the comments.
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According to the geologist who looked at photos of the circle petroglyph at the Miner Farm, it is likely evidence of prehistoric quarrying.
The comment from James Gage:
James Gage said...
"I have had the opportunity to examine the Miner Farm features in question. The circular feature described as a petroglyph exhibits the same physical characteristics as other well established petroglyphs which were pecked."
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