Lucianne Lavin is an archaeologist, a director emeritus of research and collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies Museum in Connecticut, and the author of Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples.Elaine Thomas is a Mohegan tribal member and has worked in the Mohegan Tribal Government for twenty-two years. She works with tribal nations in identifying and preserving ceremonial stone landscapes.

• Foreword by Laurie WeinsteinIntroductionLucianne Lavin and Elaine Thomas Part I. Indigenous Perspectives on the Meaning and Significance of Ceremonial Stone Landscapes. When the Landscape Speaks for Itself, What Do We Learn?Doug Harris2. Markings of Ancestral Pathways: A Native PerspectiveElaine Thomas3. Unseen Borders and Ways of Knowing: Northeastern Algonquian Sacred LandsNohham Rolf Cachat-Schilling Part II. Academic Perspectives on Understanding, Protecting, and Preserving Indigenous Ceremonial Stone Landscapes4. Obligations of Place: Engaging with Tribal Historic Preservation Offices in New England to Preserve and Protect Ceremonial Stone LandscapesPaul A. Robinson5. 'So You Believe in Aliens, Too?' An Anthropologist Looks at Stone Features in the North American Northeast and the Archaeologists Who Do and Do Not Study ThemLaurie W. RushIntroduction to Stone Removal and Disposal Practices in Agriculture and FarmingJames E. Gage7. Ceremonial Landscapes in the ChesapeakeJulia A. King and Scott M. Strickland8. Stones and Their Places: An Application of Landscape Theory to Ceremonial Stone Landscapes of West VirginiaMatthew Victor Weiss and Charity Moore Norton9. Piled Stone Features of Jackson County, GeorgiaJohannes H. N. Loubser Part III. Case Studies of Ceremonial Stone Landscapes. A Sacred Space on a Hilltop in Harwinton, ConnecticutRobert DeFossesInterpreting Row-Linked Boulder Sites from Georgia to New EnglandNorman Muller2. Historic Ceremonial StructuresMary Gage3. A Theoretical Model of the Moon and the Milky Way at Ancient Meeting PlacesFrederick W. Martin4. Mythologies of Light and Cast Shadow Within Northeastern Stone ChambersKathleen Patricia ThraneContributorsIndex

"The editors have presented a very successful case for the long-term use as well as the historic Native use of ceremonial stone landscapes (CSL). Thirty-three tribes, these authors, and these editors want these landscapes recognized and preserved." - Cheryl Claassen, Journal of Anthropological Research "Our Hidden Landscapes offers a mountain of evidence for the indigenous origins of ceremonial stone landscapes. It recognizes the criticisms of skeptics and takes them head on. The extent of evidence displayed throughout the text is compelling, as is the overall argument." - Yusuf Mansoor, Connecticut History Review "Our Hidden Landscapes: Indigenous Stone Ceremonial Sites in Eastern North America is a must-read text written by an eclectic group of knowledgeable authors that provide a diverse perspective on the problematic issues surrounding Native American sacred stone structure sites." - Harry O. Holstein, Stones Bones "The chapters offer a perspective and opinions on the indigenous cultural landscape scene in eastern North America, one that is seldom (if ever) seen or discussed by conventional archeology. The book is written to widen the view and argue for more research and insights regarding eastern North American stone constructs and indigenous origins." - Herman E. Bender, President of the Hanwakan Center for Prehistoric Astronomy, Cosmology and Cultural Landscape Studies