Jan van Es find, Acheulean human head profile, Boukoul, Netherlands
A Middle Acheulean micro biface from the Boukoul site
Stone including a human image detected by Jan van Es. Subtle alterations are made to Boukoul stones to enhance or "tease out" visually significant forms.
Close view including human image detected by Jan van Es. Please note the shape of the hair style or head dress in this image resembles the "mammoth cresting person's forehead" form seen in the posting just prior to this one.
Jan van Es markup of the interpreted image
The sitting human image framed.
Interpreted as an animal head facing right by Jan van Es. Ken Johnston interprets this stone image as a likely feline representation.