![]() ![]() Bone fishhooks were shaped in the narrow grooves. Stone axes were sharpened on the well-worn concave surfaces. Indians used the abrasive qualities of the fine-grained metamorphic rock to grind and polish implements made of stone and animal bones. Among the evidence of their occupation is this community grinding rock, one of four such boulders found in the Nauset Bay area. The National Park Service moved the 20-ton boulder to this site in 1965.įor thousands of years before the Europeans landed, the Nauset Indians lived beside the marshes of Cape Cod. ![]() , “Indian Rock” was originally located just below here, embedded in the mud of the marsh. , Indians used the abrasive qualities of the fine-grained metamorphic rock to grind and polish implements made of stone and animal bones. , For thousands of years before the Europeans landed, the Nauset Indians lived beside the marshes of Cape Cod.
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