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Lower Paleolithic human head profile in 'yell' motif from Île d'Oléron, France
Lower Paleolithic human head left profile in 'yell' motif from Île d'Oléron, France. Henri Valentie find.Anthropomorphic stone figures with mouths agape have been variously interpreted as yelling,...
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Central Georgia landowner identifies an archaeological site with typical...
Crude human or animal face on a cobbleThe Kingpin Site, Central GeorgiaHuman head left profile sculpture on a plaque, with pointy head'Eye' and 'mouth' work on the stone to sculpt a human faceCurated...
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A feline and human head combination figure stone from Missouri
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber findThe Old Route 66 Zoo site near Joplin, MissouriThis figure depicts a right 3/4 profile perspective feline-looking head with pointed ears along with a face which resembles a...
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New Tennessee site with portable rock art, anvils, flint and tools
Edgar Lopez finds, White House, Tennessee"HelloMy name is Edgar and I am seeking your help on some finds that I dug up while starting a garden.I believe I may have stumbled on some ancient American...
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Human and feline hybrid stone figure from Arkfeld site, Clear Brook, Virginia
Adam Arkfeld find and interpretation, Clear Brook, VirginiaBlack line illustrates the implied feline 'tail.' Circle highlights the head with open mouth which seems to have more of a human...
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Artists report portable rock art aplenty near Bucksport, Maine
Stone bird sculpture, Sam Minot find, Bucksport, Maine "hey, saw your blog and some of the photos of portable rock art and wanted to share some really good ones that we have found over the years here...
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A grinning left facial profile in flint re-touch work on the edge of a U.K....
'3/4 left profile of human head with smile'Lower Palaeolithic - UK scraper. c.350,000+ BP.A Clactonian /Acheulean discoidal pebble scraper. Produced on a cortex backed section of a large river pebble....
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'Flying foot' imagery from Arkfeld Site Paleolithic times in similar motif to...
'Flying foot' interpreted by Adam ArkfeldThe Arkfeld Site, #44FK732, Clear Brook, VirginiaThe side view of the 'foot' has a distinct bird-in-flight-like form. It also resembles the NASA Space Shuttles...
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Big cat head sculpture with eye perforation from Arkfeld Site, Virginia,...
'Lion head left profile sculpture with perforation as eye'Adam Arkfeld find, Site #44FK731This large sculpture weighs several hundred pounds. It is made in a typical artistic template or scheme which...
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Sculpted bust in left profile perspective from The Old Route 66 Zoo Site,...
'Smiling left portrait with cheeky jaw'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, near Joplin, Missouri, 7cmIllustration of interpreted eye and mouth features
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Human figure on a flaked stone bar with re-touch work to realize facial details
Arkfeld Site, #44FK731, Clear Brook, Virginia (10cm)
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Western Montana portable rock art patterns documented
Wade Holmes find, western Montana Hi Ken,As I mentioned before, I have found many 100's of stones that are peculiar, and look like they represent many different animals. I was not aware of this...
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Two British anthropomorphic Paleolithic worked stones with similar nose...
United Kingdom, private collection, Lower PaleolithicAnthropomorphic flint nodule with similar stylized 'nose' representation
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A bust sculpture in flint from the Island of Oleron, France
Henri Valenti find, Island of Oleron, FranceHello from the island of Oleron. Bust of a man of 6/4 cm in flint found on the island. His headdress and beard are well seen in the imagery of prehistoric...
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Standing human head statue from Arkfeld Site, #44FK731, Clear Brook, Virginia
Human head statueArkfeld SiteBased on other examples on this blog human head renderings which are often quite lite on details sometimes have what appear to manufactured 'nostrils' of the nose as seen...
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New Western Montana portable rock art site has a dramatic natural backdrop
'Owl sculpture'Wade Holmes finds and collection, Western MontanaThis is classic, simple Paleolithic owl sculpture made with a minimal amount of work but invoking the essential imagery for recognition....
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A microlithic owl figure from a new Kansas portable rock art site (with 2nd...
'Owl figure'Timothy Banninger find, KansasThere is a small face realized on the owl's face below its left eye. This face figure is worked to expose the two stone inclusions as 'eyes' with added retouch...
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Human head left profile, a water bird in flight and a standing bird figure-...
Adam Arkfeld finds, site #44FK731, Clear Brook, VirginiaThe Arkfeld site produces limestone and basalt art pieces in great numbers and a has also produced a smaller number of quartzite pieces. This...
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Human head with face mask in 'one eye missing' motif
Adam Arkfeld find, site #44FK731, Clear Brook, VirginiaNote how the right eye is expressed as convex, or in bas releif, while the left eye is a large, concave excavation. This differentiates the...
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'Right eye open, left eye missing' carved stone head from Woodbridge, Virginia
'Right eye open, left eye missing' is a known Paleolithic rock art motifWillie Woodson surface find on his property. This was found in Woodbridge VA in the lake ridge area of the county Prince William....
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Animal head and bird stone sculptures both in right profile view and a carved...
Animal head and bird stone sculptures both in right profile viewArkfeld Site, Clear Brook, VirginiaCarved human face in profilelooking left
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Acheulean figurative sculpture from the French Pyrenees
Find and identification by Henri Valenti"Stone figure with 2 faces that meet in limestone of 14cm / 14 / cm and a biface Acheulean type of 14 cm. Found in the pyrenees towards BAGNERES of bigorre...
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The publisher of this site, Kenneth Johnston, passed away from a heart attack on January 13, 2020. He is deeply missed by all who knew him.His heritage includes his extensive work in archaeology,...
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