??? on peralta stone maps???

[boulder dash]

Was wondering if anyone new what those round holes in the peralta stones were used for or what they mean?There are quite a few on the heart stone and one on the trail stone.

[Keifer]

boulder dash

I have wondered about that myself. The most reasonable explaination I have ever ran across for the largest hole is one I read that was written by Jim Hatt who is one of the leading authorities on the stone maps, but even he isn't sure and only calls it a theory. I will include his explaination of what he thinks it is for below.

If you have ever read anything he has written about the stone maps, you already know that his perspective on them is a lot different than anyone elses, but he introduces some thought provoking possibilities worthy of consideration.

k

[boulder dash]

It seems many people believe the holes are ment for mountain peaks. I personally think thay are for somthing else. that large hole is not much of a mountain and the other one to the east that is supposed to be picket post mountain is on the rong side of queen creek wash. The holes mean somthing else maybee a mine shaft or somthing.

[Keifer]

I have also heard that some people believe they are mtn pks. I agree with you, doesn't seem to be to well thought out. The one thing Jim said that sticks in my mind, is that they took the chance of breaking the stone to get that hole in there. Same thing goes for the smaller holes and for the heart cavity in the other map stone. Those cut outs had to have been mighty important to whoever made those maps to risk breaking the stones to get them in there.

[Zeitgeist_Xero]

Maybe its for a peg; as if it were a sun dial? It might point to something at a certain time of day, etc.
Just a guess...

[Seventytwo]

[quote=Zeitgeist_Xero ]
Maybe its for a peg; as if it were a sun dial? It might point to something at a certain time of day, etc.
Just a guess...
Ted De Grazia signed some of his paintings with the "time of day" next to his signature. This is signature is very present in his book "A Man and his Mountain the Superstition". This could very well be his way of saying that he made these stones.
Seventytwo?