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Title: Field Guide to Mysterious Places of Eastern North America by Salvatore M. Trento ISBN: 0-8050-4449-3 Publisher: Owlet Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good descriptions of real places with mystery about them.
Comment: The "Field Guide..." has enough detail to lead one to a whole range of interesting spots. Some are a little hard to find from the information provided in the book, because the investigators and the owners of property of the sites cannot reveal too much for fear that there will be excessive traffic and human erosion.
Many of the locations are treated in other books and serious study reports whose authors are concerned with evidence of "diffusion", the idea that other peoples and cultures arrived in North (and South) America before the voyages of Columbus. Several groups are organized for the purposes of continuing these studies, and most of them are cited in the book.
From the serious side of these investigations, the author's use of a magnetometer to detect magnetic anomalies around many of the sites is interesting, but lends and air of comedy or strangeness to the visits which then makes it too easy to dismiss the locations as less than important clues to history. It does, however, reflect and improve on the tendency of certain investigators to perform "dowsing" to detect hidden features.
The organization of the "Field Guide ..." by state and province, from North to South, makes it easy to use. It is also interesting reading, even if you can't get there to see the stones.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Excellent Field Guide
Comment: Mr. Trento's book is informative, well written, and above all, consise. The descriptive instructions to the exact locations of many of the sites he reviews is essential. The best example is the Gungywamp, CT. site. Since this mysterious place is literally "off the beaten track", finding it would have been impossible without his book!
Sadly, the Druid's Hill site located in Lowell, MA is missing from the text. Perhaps he will consider this mysterious location in his next revision.
Regardless, I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to do a little amateur archeological work.
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Title: A Field Guide to Mysterious Places of the West by Salvatore Michael Trento ISBN: 0871088517 Publisher: Pruett Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: America B.C.: Ancient Settlers in the New World by Barry. Fell ISBN: 0812906241 Publisher: Times Books Pub. Date: November, 1976 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Ancient Infrastructure: Remarkable Roads, Mines, Walls, Mounds, Stone Circles by William R. Corliss ISBN: 091555433X Publisher: Sourcebook Project Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age by Richard Rudgley ISBN: 0684862700 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 25 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Ancient Man: A Handbook of Puzzling Artifacts by William R. Corliss, Arm Glen ISBN: 0915554038 Publisher: Sourcebook Project Pub. Date: September, 1977 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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