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A Curious Scratched Design on a Connecticut Paintstone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Bernard W. Powell
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Abstract

Nonceramic designs are rarely described from southern New England. One is here illustrated and its elements examined. Several controlled speculations as to its meaning are advanced. These include attenuated Southern Cult motifs, depicted natural-history phenomena, and the possibility of its being a map or a record of some cultural event. No conclusions are drawn. Re-examination of similar artifacts in local collections may reveal additional scratched designs.

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Facts and Comments
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American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , July 1964 , pp. 98 - 100
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

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