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By: Mary E. Gage & James E. Gage
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: P0002
"Stories Carved in Stone: The Story of the Dummer Family, the Merrimac Valley Gravestone Carvers, and the Newbury Carved Stones,1636-1735" focuses on a remarkable collection of early American folk art found in Newbury, Massachusetts. This collection of folk art has been the subject of scholarly research, scientific curiosity, and even local folk lore. Yet, it has for the most part remained a mystery. Who were the artists? Who commissioned the works of art? When were they... View more info
By: Mary E. Gage, James E. Gage
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2008/2015
Edition: Expanded 1st
Seller ID: P2008
This handbook is the first comprehensive field guide to both agricultural and Native American stone structures found throughout northeastern United States. These stone structures include stone cairns, chambers, standing stones, niches, enclosures, stone walls, foundations, wells, pedestal boulders, Manitou stones, and other structures. The handbook provides the means to identify, document, analyze, and interpret these structures. 316 pp. 254 Ill. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2014
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: PW014
Across Massachusetts, roadsides are dotted with small stone markers giving the mileage to major cities. These ancient road signs called milestones aided travelers during the 1700’s and 1800’s as our road signs today do with their mileage and destination information. Although, these old milestones no longer serve a useful purpose in our modern age of highways, they continue to fascinate us. This fascination has led to the preservation by local communities of at least... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2003
Seller ID: P0006
"Stories Carved in Stone: The Story of the Dummer Family, the Merrimac Valley Gravestone Carvers, and the Newbury Carved Stones,1636-1735" focuses on a remarkable collection of early American folk art found in Newbury, Massachusetts. This collection of folk art has been the subject of scholarly research, scientific curiosity, and even local folk lore. Yet, it has for the most part remained a mystery. Who were the artists? Who commissioned the works of art? When were they... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2005
Edition: 2nd
Seller ID: P0003
"The Art of Splitting Stone" is a detailed study of the history, tools, and methods used to split, hoist, and transport quarried stone in pre-industrial New England (1630-1825). It is an invaluable resource for historians, archaeologists, and stone masons interested in identifying, dating, or experimenting with early stone splitting and quarrying methods. The amateur researcher and avid outdoors person will find the book useful as a field guide to identifying split bould... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: March 31, 2017
Seller ID: PW015
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. These lands harbor a big mystery. Over 1500 stone structures have been fou... View more info
Price: $4.00
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2016
Edition: 2nd
Seller ID: P0009
A Guide to New England Stone Structures is a basic field guide to identifying the many different types of stone structures found while hiking through the forest and conservation lands in New England. It covers historic structures, Native American structures, and quarries. Please note that all of the materials in the Guide are covered in greater depth in "Handbook of Stone Structures on Northeastern U.S." withe exception of the topics "town & state boundaries" and "far... View more info
By: Produced by James Gage and Mary Gage
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Amesbury, MA, Powwow River Books: 2007
Seller ID: P00011
This film reconstructs the 2500 year cultural history of the America's Stonehenge archaeological site located in North Salem, NH. The complex of stone chambers, standing stones, niches, and other stone structures at the site served as an important spiritual and ritual center for a group of ancient Native American people. For the Native Americans this place was sacred. Construction of this ritual complex began over 3,000 years ago and evolved through five major periods of... View more info