CONTENTS

1. Cover Image
2. Title Page
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
5. Acknowledgments
6. Foreword
7. Preface
8. Introduction
9. SECTION I. Exploring Ceremonial Stone Landscapes and Cultural Features: Their Practical Purpose and Spiritual Connection
   1. Chapter 1. On the Neolithic in North America: Maritime Cultures and Mastodon Manipulation
      1. CALIFORNIA’S ANCIENT MARITIME HERITAGE
   2. Chapter 2. Mysteries in Stone: The Big Picture
   3. Chapter 3. The Hammonasset Line: A Solstice Line across the Land
   4. Chapter 4. Serpent of the North: The Overlook Mountain/Draco Correlation
      1. HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE
      2. COMPARATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
      3. NATIVE STONE CONSTRUCTION
      4. SERPENT MOUND AND CAMBODIAN TEMPLE CONNECTION
      5. DRACO AND MYTHOLOGY
      6. THUBAN, THE ONCE AND FUTURE POLE STAR
      7. INITIAL CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER INQUIRY
   5. Chapter 5. Cairns and Ceremonial Stone Sites in the Catskills
      1. CAIRN SITES AND CAIRN COMPLEXES
   6. Chapter 6. Turtles, Eyes, and Compass Stones
      1. THE “EYES” HAVE IT
      2. COMPASS STONES OF THE CATSKILLS AND SHAWANGUNK MOUNTAINS
      3. THE ONTEORA LAKE COMPASS STONE
      4. THE NORTH SHAWANGUNK DOLMEN
      5. PEEKAMOOSE STONE/RECONNOITER ROCK
      6. THE PETERSKILL COMPASS STONE
      7. LAKE MINNEWASKA COMPASS STONE
   7. Chapter 7. Frost Valley Inscriptions: More Ancient Mysteries in the Mountains
      1. HUNTER MOUNTAIN—A SACRED SITE
      2. ABOUT THE RESEARCHERS
   8. Chapter 8. Alignments in the Northeast: Native, Natural, or Nonsense?
      1. SOLSTICE AND EQUINOX ABBREVIATIONS
      2. SIGNIFICANT SOLSTICE AND EQUINOX ALIGNMENT LOCATIONS
      3. ALIGNMENTS
      4. DEVIL’S TOMBSTONE, NEW YORK; SPRUCETON VALLEY, NEW YORK; MANITOU ISLAND, MICHIGAN, WSSR/SSSS
      5. KINGSTON MEGALITHS
      6. KINGSTON MEGALITHS/HAMMONASSET LINE INTERSECTION, NORTON ROAD, SSSR/WSSS/WSSR/SSSS
      7. A CLOSER VIEW OF THE INTERSECTION LOCATION BETWEEN NORTON AND YANTZ ROADS IN RED HOOK, NEW YORK
      8. SHAWANGUNK/PEEKAMOOSE ALIGNMENT, WSSR/SSSS
      9. BONTICOU STONE/FROST VALLEYALIGNMENT, SSSR/WSSR/SSSS
      10. MILLBROOK MOUNTAIN STONE ROW ALIGNMENT, WSSR/SSSS
      11. PLATEAU MOUNTAIN CALENDAR STONES I AND II, WSSS
      12. LA | LATVJU SAULE NE
      13. BURNT HILLS/TURNERS FALLS/BEAR’S DEN CHAMBER, WSSR/SSSS
10. SECTION II. Spirits in Stone, Science in Stone
    1. Chapter 9. Council Rock Mountain by Dave Gutkowski
    2. Chapter 10. The Ancestral Native Americans’ Sacred Landscape by David Johnson
       1. INTRODUCTION
       2. SACRED LANDSCAPE, CEREMONIAL STONE LANDSCAPES, AND HABITATIONSCAPES
       3. MY SACRED LANDSCAPE RESEARCH DATA AND OBSERVATIONS
    3. Chapter 11. Carnac: Stones for the Living—Pierre Mereaux’s Classic Work Translation and Commentary by Ros Strong
       1. PART I
       2. PART II
       3. SELECTED GLOSSARY
       4. ADDITIONAL MEREAUX TRANSLATIONS
    4. Chapter 12. The Mystery of Orbs and the Work of Paul C. Muir
    5. Chapter 13. Mission Malta: Exploring Sound and Energy Properties of Ancient Architecture
       1. UNDERSTANDING FORMANTS
       2. SOUND FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES
       3. ADDITIONAL SOURCES
11. SECTION III. Spirits on the Land: Landscape Archaeology and Archaeoastronomy
    1. Chapter 14. Woodstock’s Main Streets Act as a Giant Compass and Cosmic Calendar
    2. Chapter 15. Dancing with the Devil, Dancing with the Sun: A Solstice Star Rise Alignment on the Hudson River
       1. ABSTRACT
       2. THE DEVIL’S DANCE CHAMBER
       3. LANDSCAPE ASTRONOMY
       4. LANDSCAPES AND SKYSCAPES
       5. CONCLUSION
       6. FURTHER RESEARCH
    3. Chapter 16. Stones and Stars Symposium: A Watershed Event Hosted at Colgate University
    4. Chapter 17. The Megalithic Revival: The Raising of Sophia
    5. Chapter 18. Site Preservation, Protection, Conservation, and Education
       1. NOTES FROM THE SACRED SITE POLICY DRAFT REPORT
    6. Chapter 19. Concluding by Looking Forward
       1. LESSON IN STONES
       2. FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE ROCK STRUCTURES
12. Footnotes
13. References
14. About the Author
15. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
16. Books of Related Interest
17. Copyright & Permissions
18. Index