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Illustrations 1. Map of northeast region 2 2. Portrait of Ezra Stiles 9 3. Drawing of Dighton Rock petroglyph by Ezra Stiles 10 4. Stiles’ drawing of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, petroglyphs 12 5. Stiles’ drawing of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, petroglyphs 13 6. Stiles’ drawing of petroglyphs on Portsmouth Rock A 14 7. Stiles’ drawing of petroglyphs on Portsmouth Rock B 15 8. Stiles’ drawing of petroglyphs on Portsmouth Rock C 16 9. Stiles’ 1768 drawing of Tiverton, Rhode Island, petroglyphs 17 10. Stiles’ 1768 drawing of Tiverton, Rhode Island, petroglyphs 18 11.The Hebrew inscriptions on Pinnacle Mountain 21 12. Composite drawings of Iroquois pictographs, ca. 1666 28 13.Tree carving in Newfoundland, Canada 30 14.Wikhegan map on birch bark, ca. 1840 31 15.Wikhegan map on birch bark, ca. 1885 32 16.Wikhegan map on birch bark, ca. 1800 33 17. Boundary Rock, ca. 1899, Nova Scotia 36 18. Pictographs at Black Lake, New York 38 19. Sketch of pictographs on the Saint Lawrence River 39 20. Sketch of pictographs on the Saint Lawrence River 40 x / Illustrations 21. Sketch of pictographs on the Saint Lawrence River 41 22. Petroglyphs at Bromptonville, Quebec 42 23.The Crow Island, Maine, cupstone 47 24.The Bald Friar petroglyph site in the Susquehanna River, Maryland 49 25.The Bald Friar Petroglyphs 53 26.The Bald Friar Petroglyphs 54 27.The Bald Friar Petroglyphs 55 28. Petroglyphs at Bald Friar 56 29. Cupules and abstract symbols at Bald Friar 57 30. Abstract symbols at Bald Friar 58 31. Fish petroglyph from Bald Friar 59 32. Glyph from Bald Friar interpreted as an anthropomorphic figure 60 33. Quarried Bald Friar petroglyph at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore 61 34. Quarried snake or eel glyph from Bald Friar at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore 62 35. Quarried fish petroglyph from Bald Friar 63 36. Concentric circle petroglyph from Bald Friar 64 37. Fish glyphs on quarried stone from Bald Friar 65 38. Fish petroglyph at the Great Falls of the Potomac 73 39. Cup marked stone with animal or bird glyph,Virginia 74 40. Incised petroglyphs near Difficult Run, Fairfax County,Virginia 76 41. Petroglyphs on Neff’s (Walnut) Island, Pennsylvania 80 42. Petroglyphs on Neff’s (Walnut) Island, Pennsylvania 80 43. Petroglyphs on Neff’s (Walnut) Island, Pennsylvania 81 44. Petroglyphs on Walnut Island, Pennsylvania 83 45. Double crisscross lines and cup mark motif on quarried petroglyphs from Walnut Island 84 46. Fish-like figure and unidentified symbols on quarried petroglyphs from Walnut Island 85 47. Fish-like figure, bird tracks, and abstract symbols on quarried petroglyphs from Walnut Island 85 Illustrations / xi 48.Thunderbird figures, a spiral, and cup marks on quarried petroglyphs from Walnut Island 86 49. Spiral glyph, cup marks, and a circle (?) on quarried petroglyphs from Cresswell Rock, Pennsylvania 88 50. Petroglyphs on Little Indian Rock, Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania 89 51. Petroglyphs on Big Indian Rock, Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania 90 52. Indian Rock at Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham, Massachusetts 94 53. Grooved boulder from Stamans Run,Washington Boro, Pennsylvania 97 54. Grooves on bedrock surface along Stamans Run,Washington Boro, Pennsylvania 98 55.Tiverton, Rhode Island, petroglyph boulder 102 56. Petroglyph of European sailing ship in Machias Bay, Maine 103 57. Animal effigy at the base of Spanish Hill, South Waverly, Pennsylvania 115 58. Red shale pendant with turtle and celestial images, Kennebec River valley, Maine 119 59. Incised pendant from Barnstable, Massachusetts 120 60. Amulet or pendant from a cremation burial pit,West Ferry, Rhode Island 121 61. Perforated pendant from Wayland, Massachusetts 122 62. Slate pendant found near Kingston, New York 124 63. Pendant with Christian symbolism 125 64. Stone disc with image of an ear of corn, Maine 126 65.Thunderbird pendant from Duxbury, Massachusetts 126 66. Pendant with bird and cross figures 127 67. Snake or serpent pendant, southeastern New England 128 68. Sculpted figure of an owl, New Bedford, Massachusetts 129 69. Incised pendant found in Odell Park, Franklin, New Hampshire 130 70.Triangular pendant with incised decoration, Kennebec River, Augusta, Maine 131 xii / Illustrations 71. Charm stone with star and ladder symbols from Afton, New York 132 72. Broken upside-down pendant with a carved effigy face, Black River region, Jefferson County, New York 133 73. Broken upside-down pendant with a carved effigy face, Stonington, Connecticut 134 74. Broken pendant or gorget with headless human or bird images, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 136 75. Runtee with a rising sun design, Susquehanna River, New York...

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