RANGELY | A set of rounded stones shaped like French baguettes baffled a scientist for decades after they were discovered in the high desert of southern Colorado. She finally unlocked the mystery and learned the stones were used to express a fundamental human impulse.
“Litho” is Greek for stone and “phone” means sound; a lithophone is a musical instrument consisting of a purposely selected rock (often formally shaped) that is tapped or rubbed with friction…
