Native Americans used stacks of rocks to mark water, food sources, land boundaries, or other significant places, like where a battle occurred or to mark a hunting location.
Stone mounds were sometimes erected as monuments to mark a burial site or as memorials. Stone stacking has carried spiritual meaning for centuries. The act of balancing stones carries with it a practice of patience and a physical effort to create balance. Each rock can signify an intention of grace, humility, and thankfulness.
“Calotype #14-Stacking Stones”-Whole Plate Calotype (paper negative).