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A sleeping duck pebble carving
A sleeping duck pebble carvingBob Doyle find, MaineMr. Doyle is a naturalist, amateur archaeologist and master flintknapper from the Portland, Maine area. Bob has replicated the prehistoric creation of...
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Naturally perforated head effigy on a flake found in art and tool context,...
A naturally perforated human head effigy on a flaked artifact found near a horse head figure and other figurative portable rock art and tools at a Flint Ridge quarry location, Licking County, Ohio....
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Sleeping duck figure stone from "Old Route 66 Zoo" site in Missouri
A Missouri sleeping duck figure stone from 23JP1222Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, "Old Route 66 Zoo" siteWith eye and bill area highlighted for orientation to the image in top photo. The faint remnants...
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Another sleeping duck figure stone from Maine archaeological sites
Sleeping duck figure stone, Bob Doyle find and photoBob typically recovers artifacts from deteriorating undocumented archaeology sites in coastal Maine."hi ken and all...here is another...made from...
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"Strange shaped flint: rock art?" A possible Neolithic Belgian pierre figures...
Find and photo by Jimmy Groen, The Netherlands, courtesy of Jimmy from his blog ARbannigGroen writes, "The image above is representing a piece of local Hesbaye flint, found at the nearly the highest...
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A fine example of the "Topper chopper" bird motif described by Alan Day in...
Ken Johnston bird figure/chopper tool find, Licking County, Ohio(click photo to expand)A fine example of the "Topper chopper" bird motif described by figure stone investigator Alan Day, with bird's...
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Prehistoric bling-bling: American Levallois finger tool incorporates natural...
Ken Johnston find, Flint Ridge, Licking County, OhioTools found near the Flint Ridge bird figure/chopper featured in the prior posting of 17 October include this Levallois-style reduction finger held...
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Five flint artifacts with distinct bird forms, Licking County, Ohio
Five flint artifacts with distinct bird forms, Licking County, OhioSide 1Side 2Side 1 and 2 of standing flake with translucent aspectSide 1 standing upright and side 2 from above Side 1 and 2 of...
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Gem hunter's "Just a volcanic rock" from Topaz Mountain, Utah, worthy of...
Mike Youtz find, Topaz Mountain, UtahAt the Skull-a-day.com web site, Mike Youtz writes"Found this interesting Rhyolite rock while in Utah back in May 2011. We were wrapping up a two-week geology field...
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A bird in the hand
A bird in the handFrom Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio. Flint with this kind of coloration is like a canvas for the prehistoric artist and the rock material which includes crystals seems to have been...
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Flint effigy discovered
Flint effigy discoveredHuman head looking left, find by Ken Johnston, Licking County, OhioThis artifact was found relatively close to a bird figure/tool with a similar knife incorporated into the crest...
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Stone birds are well documented from the SDM Site, Kent County, Michigan
A stone owl figure from the SDM Site, Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan (sound!)Courtesy Dennis J. MooreThis stone owl weighs 81 lbs. and is 18" tall. Peck parks represent spots on the owl's...
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Flint handaxe may depict therianthropy or even human to animal shamanic...
Human head looking left with glassy inclusion serving as mouth lineThis handaxe from Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio, incorporates a human head profile with chin prominence. The person seems to have...
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Mike Raver find at Zanesville, Ohio, may be example of form documented by...
A zooanthropomorphic sculpted figure identified by Mike Raver, from Zanesville, Ohio, in Muskingum County.Author and rock art investigator Pietro Gaietto of Italy presents this suspected sculpture on...
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Similar rock forms identified by three amateur archaeologists suggest...
Laughing stone #4 on this blogMike Raver find, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Found in the context of tools and other portable rock art pieces, some of which have been published on this blog....
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West Virginia rock panel relief carving may depict an action scene of a human...
West Virginia rock panel relief carving may depict an action scene of a human fleeing a lion biting the neck of a bearMike Ellis find and photo from near Charleston, West Virginia. Photo courtesy of...
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Artist, now amateur archaeologist, discovers portable rock art cultural...
A bird form (and possible scraper tool), from Nadia Clark, Prescott, ArizonaSide 2, sculpture standing upright on its ownNadia demonstrates how an edge suitable for scraping or chopping is presented...
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Flint flake notched beyond utilitarian need suggests possible prehistoric...
Find by Jimmy Groen, The NetherlandsJimmy writes, "Yes, during a prospection near the Neolithic flint mines of Rijckholt, (a very important flint mine for the region), I found at the surface, this...
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Rhomboids, many of which appear to have been tools, tied to bird and other...
A typical configuration of a rhomboid borer/burin tool which seems yet undescribed by American archaeologists, though they behave like tool typologies are "known and closed."An Ohio example of a...
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Aterian flint artifact from the western Sahara desert is in human head effigy...
Flint human head effigy, from approximately 30,000 YBP, Aterian, north west African continentDiverse lot of Sahara desert relics includes: 35 Neolithic, 1 Mesolithic, and 1 Paleolithic...
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