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Eastham in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Indian Rock

 
 
Indian Rock Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Alan M. Perrie, September 14, 2015
1. Indian Rock Marker
Inscription.
For thousands of years before the Europeans landed, the Nauset Indians lived beside the marshes of Cape Cod. Among the evidence of their occupation is this community grinding rock, one of four such boulders found in the Nauset Bay area.

Indians used the abrasive qualities of the fine-grained metamorphic rock to grind and polish implements made of stone and animal bones. Stone axes were sharpened on the well-worn concave surfaces. Bone fishhooks were shaped in the narrow grooves.

“Indian Rock” was originally located just below here, embedded in the mud of the marsh. The National Park Service moved the 20-ton boulder to this site in 1965.
 
Erected by Cape Cod National Seashore.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & ArchaeologyNative AmericansNatural ResourcesSettlements & Settlers.
 
Location. 41° 49.336′ N, 69° 57.798′ W. Marker is in Eastham, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. Marker can be reached from Hemenway Road. The marker is located 0.1 mile down a paved trail that starts at the Eastham Boat Launch parking lot located at the end of Hemenway Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Eastham MA 02642, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other
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markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Port de Mallebarre (here, next to this marker); A Whale Bone Welcome (approx. 0.3 miles away); There’s No Place Like Home (approx. 0.3 miles away); Eastham Town Hall (approx. ¾ mile away); First Encounter (approx. ¾ mile away); Eastham Windmill (approx. 0.8 miles away); Workboat of the Marshes (approx. 1.1 miles away); Kettles (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eastham.
 
Also see . . .  Nauset Indians. (Submitted on December 17, 2017, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut.)
 
Indian Rock image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Alan M. Perrie, September 14, 2015
2. Indian Rock
The marshes of Cape Cod can be seen from Indian Rock. image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Alan M. Perrie, September 14, 2015
3. The marshes of Cape Cod can be seen from Indian Rock.
Indian Rock image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Stephanie Seacord, October 24, 2019
4. Indian Rock
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2017, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,186 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 17, 2017, by Alan M. Perrie of Unionville, Connecticut.   4. submitted on November 30, 2019, by Stephanie Seacord of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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