From Dirt Bro Mark
Gaskins, Sr. in Georgia:
ANOTHER INTERESTING PUZZLE!
Dear Bob,
I don't know if you can tell much from these pictures but take
a good look at this stone slab. Mr. Julian Finley a volunteer and
concerned member of the church ask me to look at this granite stone to
see if I could help identify it. He said he just happened across
the website and knew I would be interested so he gave me a call. ????????
They have hired a professional to restore the tombstones in the old cemetery
surrounding St. Paul's and while doing so they discovered this granite
slab. They have had several knowledgeable area professors look at
it and they haven't a clue what it is. I told them I was by no means
very knowledgeable about these things but I would surely take a look as
pass the word. Let me explain, St. Paul's is a stones throw across
the levee to the Savannah River and located in the heart of the oldest
part of town. This site was previously the site of a least two old
British fortresses, a couple of churches and a known gathering place for
tribal elders. There is a marker close to this part of the cemetery
documenting an important meeting of the tribes in the late 1700's.
I took the picture named St. Paul's and Mr. Finley sent me the
three other pictures showing the slab with a coating of kaolin
clay covering it exposing more detail. I could see a definite expanding
circle and the strategically placed holes and thought that it resembles
a calendar designating the changing of seasons.
Mark II, my oldest immediately said it looks like a map of the
solar system. So far Mr. Finley told me they have contacted a few
archeologists but could not afford their services so he has been asking
the locals. I would appreciate any thoughts you might have concerning
it. Do you know of any professionals in this area that could help?
Mr. Huff the gentleman hired to restore the tombstones will be back in
town in a couple of weeks and I should get a chance to talk to him then
and volunteer my services as a laborer just to get in on the action.
If you are a professional, or knowledgeable
avocational archaeologistin GA who
reads this and can help... please contact Mark
by clicking on his name above.
Bob
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