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A black bird sculpture centered on a white bivalve shell fossil with a human...
Find by Ken Johnston at a Flint Ridge quarry and workshop location, Licking County, Ohio. 8.5cm length.A black bird sculpture centered on a white bivalve shell fossil. The bird's beak is at far left,...
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Angular nature of some stone material forces Cubism-like constraints on...
Ken Johnston find, Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio. Interpreted as a left human facial profile.Moving viewing perspective to the left to see a "straight-on" view of the face. An interpreted tongue...
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A multi-colored flint and quartz crystal lion head figure stone
Lion head figure stone. Ken Johnston find, Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio. 7.5 x 7.5cm.An illustration indicating the interpreted feline head and neck form. A large cluster of quartz crystals serves...
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Bird figure backs as lithic workbenches
Water bird figure facing left with tool bit protruding from backKen Johnston find, Licking County, Ohio.This is the reverse side with bird figure facing right now.These two artifacts were found...
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Alabama sleeping duck figure has human face mask depiction
Lisa Deason find, Lee County, Alabama, here interpreted as a "sleeping duck" figure. Another sleeping duck figure and a face depiction similar to the one below were featured earlier on this blog.Lisa...
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Île d'Oléron, France, bust of "one-eye open, other eye shut or missing" motif...
Henri Valentie find, Île d'Oléron, France, 39cm /17cm and 23cm thick, pink sandstoneThe "one eye open, other eye shut or missing" art motif originated in the Lower Paleolithic about 500,000 years ago...
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Footprint mimetolith became a manuported object
David Boies find, Austin, TexasThis stone resembling a human footprint was found by David Boies in a strong context of other iconic objects. It seems to be an example of a mimetolith, or a natural...
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Arkfeld site footprint icon
Adam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK732, among other iconic objects
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Birds as psychopomps may explain stone bird figures "carrying" human images
A simple flying bird figure (wings on the down-stroke), Vanport chert, Licking County, Ohio Subtle human facial profile facing leftReverse side of the bird figureHuman facial profile facing rightThe...
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Human head figure may place "one eye open, other eye shut or missing"...
Find by Burak Yitgin of Istanbul, Turkey, from the island of Rhodes, GreeceThis find resembling a human head figure may also exhibit evidence of human modification to affect the known Palaeoart motif...
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Pair of eyes completes a face on a Danish flint axe from Silkeborg
Flint axe with human face find by Torben Hedvall, from Silkeborg, DenmarkThis axe has been given two eyes to complete a facial image including nose, mouth and chin. The eyes appear to have been at...
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Ten petrified wood bear figures from Westminster, Colorado
Translucent petrified wood standing bear figure found by Chris Schram, Westminster, ColoradoThis bear figure is made on the same artistic template as the one pictured above it. They are both left...
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Life-size flint stone human head likeness from Sweden is in Paleolithic "One...
Find by Christer Stone of Sweden, 25cm tallphoto Copyright (c) www.humanfossil.seChrister Stone writes for portablerockart.com: "Here is the story how I found it. I was about ten years old and was on...
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Slag mammoth sculpture from the Arkfeld site along with AMS radiocarbon date...
Slag mammoth sculpture identified by Adam Arkfeld, Clear Brook, VirginiaThe slag mammoth was found in the context of many portable rock art mammoth figures from the Arkfeld site, #44FK732Slag mammoth...
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With a strong analog from a cave in Ohio, questions are raised by Clive...
Archaeologist Clive Finlayson has identified a cross hatch pattern at Gibraltar, which he attributes the creation of, to NeanderthalsArchaeologists like Finlayson should attempt to explain the...
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A feline face sculpture from The Old Route 66 Zoo site, #23JP1222
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, near Joplin, Missouri, site #23JP1222This stone is interpreted as including a feline face image looking straight-on, with its chin being the lowermost extremity. The...
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Incised lines on zoomorphic stones from Arkfeld site in Virginia and Klasies...
Interpreted by Adam Arkfeld as a horse head figure with incised lines resulting in a diamond shape pattern. Many horse head figures have been identified from the Arkfeld site at Clear Brook, Virginia,...
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Arkfeld site portable carved grid pattern includes two circles-within-circles...
Limestone with a carved grid pattern identified by Adam ArkfeldClear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK732Several of the horizontal lines in this orientation have small uniformly spaced markings on them. The...
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A Texas mammoth and face mask combination figure stone along with two tools,...
David Boies find, Westlake, TexasMammoth form combined with face mask iconRather than accurate representation, Palaeoart is more so about recognition, perhaps the process of discovery, and inclusion...
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Recent finds of Jan van Es from Beegden, The Netherlands
Interpreted by Jan van Es as a proboscidean profile figure facing leftBeegden, The Netherlands, recent finds by Jan van Es, estimated by tool technology context and glacial geology at Lower...
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