Occam's Razor

Who, What, Where, and Why These were the words I was once told by one of our nation’s top media personas. Just answer these questions, he said, and this will help people understand your book and what you are trying to accomplish with it. Sounds easy enough, but first I want to start by noting my consideration of this project is more a pictorial guide than a book. When I think book, I think novel, and this is not. My intentions were simple, I wanted others to see the faces, profiles and depictions I was seeing on these items and learn as much as I can along the way.
WHO? I really don’t know, for sure. I may not know who they were but I do know what they looked like. One of the reasons I started tracing the stones. By doing so, brought them to life. These stones are like prehistoric photos, capturing an image and the mindset of ancient inhabitants that once roamed our back yards of America.
WHAT? Searching the internet for similar stone art offered minimal results. Stone art of this nature, in volume, and in America, was kind of rare and uncharted. With this guide, I hope we can identify similar stones more easily and have a better understanding of the message that was left for us.
Occam’s Razor is the basis of my “why” theory. These items are not tools, and not necessarily ritual items, and definitely not natural fractures. The bottoms of the stones were intentionally manipulated as-well allowing the stone to sit accordingly, perfectly displaying the intended image in a clear viewing manner. This suggests that while these people were mining the copper (which they seemed to have mastered by scoring and pecking out micro specs of raw metals), they practiced this form of stone art and displayed them simply for the reason of informing others of the claim, who they were, what they looked like, and that this was their spot. Leaving these prehistoric photos certainly points toward the wanted notoriety of