Tuesday, February 09, 2010

In every swamp...

...and wetland, no matter how embedded in suburbia, there remain traces of Native American ceremonialism.
(side of the road, Boylston MA)
It is a compelling narrative for me that modern people live in a landscape that was largely modified earlier (perhaps prehistorically) but which is invisible to modern eyes.

1 comment :

Tim MacSweeney said...

Two sentences that say alot; I'm surprised when I find a swamp or wetland that does not show signs of that older cultural landscape...