A simple flying bird figure (wings on the down-stroke), Vanport chert, Licking County, Ohio
Subtle human facial profile facing left
Reverse side of the bird figure
Human facial profile facing right
The are a several flying bird figures incorporating human imagery which have been featured on this blog. It is quite possible birds were thought of as psychopomps, or "soul escorts," into birth and life and/or death and the afterlife, and this may help explain some human and bird combination stone figures.
Flying bird right profile. These bird figures were found in the same area. They do not have any human imagery but provide a bird figure archaeological context.
Side 2
Side 1 and 2
Even at a chert quarry, limestone is not immune from use to make a bird figure
Here is dirty stone figure found about 10 miles from the Flint Ridge find site of the featured artifacts here, along with an illustration of a simple bird figure from Paleolithic Siberia. This was featured in another posting.