Indian Rock

Indian Rock (HM23WJ)

Location: Eastham, MA 02642 Barnstable County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 49.336', W 69° 57.798'

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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.
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HM NumberHM23WJ
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Placed ByCape Cod National Seashore
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Date Added Monday, December 18th, 2017 at 7:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 419999 N 4630491
Decimal Degrees41.82226667, -69.96330000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 49.336', W 69° 57.798'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 49' 20.16" N, 69° 57' 47.88" W
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Area Code(s)508
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200 Hemenway Rd, Eastham MA 02642, US
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