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Cave entry at Hurricane, West Virginia, a possible rock art site, holds open its mouth |
"hello, my name is mike holliday. i grew up collecting flint artifacts on a farm in west virginia, and have quite an extensive collection. about a year ago i began noticing many repeating shapes in various stones that did not appear to be indigenous to the area. i also noticed many clay figures and shapes, polished bone, and molded clay pendants. after i began sorting according to shape, size and type of material, i realized that the objects were made by early man. many of them having a center dot that looks like it was placed there for symmetry. i now have hundreds of examples, mostly of birds, fish, reptiles and animals. the bird shapes seem to take on several forms. i call some the goose in flight, duck on water, etc. i have also found many human forms including woman holding a child, heads/profiles, and what i refer to as skull rocks. the number of artifacts depicting art is mind boggling, and has convinced me that man existed long before the last ice age. i have shared some of my finds and opinions with a local archaeologist and have been quickly dismissed. not sure what I'm looking for here, but after looking at some of the examples on the site, i figured i should share a few of them with someone. i have literally hundreds possibly thousands of other examples but here are a few that i had on my work computer. i have other photos if you are interested. for what its worth. thank you michael holliday, hurricane wv
P.S the last photo of my son at cave opening on my land. notice that above looks like eyes opening mouth, and tongue coming out. cant really see color variations, and pic doesn't do justice"
Ken Johnston interprets a lion head in profile looking left, size 12 by 14 inches
Michael Holliday find, Hurricane, West Virginia
I recognized Mike's very 1st photo as a feline (lion) head figure looking left, similar to other lion head figures seen on this blog. I rotated the photo 90 degrees to the left to present this orientation, so it is actually standing on its "right side" in this photo. It has either been burnt or covered with a pitch-like substance and selected parts of the black have been removed to create visual contrast to deliver more imagery on the stone figure. I noticed some other imagery which is familiar and I think it is likely this object is an intended "feline head with deer/prey on and in jaw" figure.
Ken Johnston interpretations of additional imagery on feline head looking left
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-kbj