Karola Bryant reading stones in the northerneastern US, an archeological study

  I have not traveled in a long time due to the impact it creates on the planet, yet somehow I find myself on the rim of the caldera over looking the town of Ribeirinha on Terceira Island. I promise I rented a wonderful mountain bike and used it for most personal travel. Most of the rest of my transportation on the island was provided by my wonderful colleague Maria Brito. I hope she had as much fun as I had.    On this particular day I was asked to focus my attention on the site with the perforated stone. I was dropped off by Brito for the afternoon to explore the change in the shadows in the stone as the sun set. It was a beautiful day among the cows.    Initially, I was thinking that the stone may have been designed to be upright; a portal looking out to the sunset, but I changed my mind quickly after visiting the site. I am in total agreement with Brito that the stone is carved to be set in this position.  The first form I saw when approaching the perpe...

  This is the front and back of a standing stele at the base of Mt brasil. I was brought here by a colleague, Maria Brito. Brito has been working with Mendes and myself and others trying to document these stone's  content and purpose. Brito and I were allowed to explore the caves and Spanish fort. I have included a cluster of these images from that hike at the closing of this blog.  This is a stele in front of the base at Mt Brazil.  It has the layered material we have been exploring. This is Azores Rosetta stone. I have had this discussion before; Menhirs fall short in their definition.  So I insist these are all Stele andI will stand on that. I am persistent 😏. It is my only super power....persistence.  I have become familiar with the form; A thin slab of embellished stone echoing the form of a hide. It is often forgotten that a major resource for early humans and pre human was the meat, bone, and hide. Unfortunately the organic material did not withstan...