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A zoomorphic figure with pebbles inserted as "teeth" with a horse figure near...
Zoomorphic stone identified by Jeff Vincent at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas Right profile view of zoomorphLeft profile view of zoomorphLeft profile view again with illustration of Jeff Vincent interpreted...
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Sleeping water bird sculpture from the Arkfeld site
Sculpture of long-billed bird with head turned back, 10cmArkfeld site at Clear Brook, Virginia, #44FK732Adam Arkfeld interprets this bird figure as being an example of a "decorated workbench" where the...
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Two bird figures with eyes in Vanport chert from Muskingum County, Ohio,...
Bird figure #1 with eye detailKen Johnston find, Muskingum County, OhioSide 2Side 2 and side 1Eye detail highlighted Bird figure #2 with eye detailKen Johnston find, Muskingum County, OhioSide 2Sides 1...
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Red flint human head sculpture in left 3/4 profile from Boukoul, Netherlands
Red flint human head in left 3/4 profile portrait style, finished in retouch workJan van Es find, Boukoul, The NetherlandsFrom OriginsNet.org"The 'Boukoulian' is a microlithic industry discovered by J....
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Iconic tools including a foot-long stone bird-form dagger from the Arkfeld site
Human facial profile facing left along with view of side 2 flake scars in photo at right, 21.5cmAdam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK732A foot long dagger with a worked tip, 30cmThe...
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A portable petroglyph human line figure, an incised zoomorphic stone and a...
A portable petroglyph human figure identified by Adam Arkfeld, 4cm tallPetroglyph from Moonflower Canyon, near Moab, UtahThe whole side of the Virginia stone which includes the human line figure, 9cm....
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Rock art scholar Pietro Gaietto's "The Shout of Homo Erectus" with a compare...
Pietro Gaietto's article "The Shout of Homo Erectus"Image Copyright Paleolithic Art Magazine, Pietro GaiettoImage Copyright Paleolithic Art MagazineImage Copyright Paleolithic Art MagazineImage...
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A Flint Ridge cardinal-like bird figure
Flint Ridge, Muskingum County, Ohio, bird sculpture find by Ken Johnston, 11cmBird figure sits on a stable base, facing right here with "tail feathers" at leftSitting bird figure facing leftBird figure...
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Anthropomorphic stem figures from Missouri and Virginia
Anthropomorphic "stem figures" found by Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber at The Old Rout 66 Zoo site, near Joplin, Missouri, #23JP1222. Dodd has speculated they may have been used as puppets in story telling...
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Today's rock collectors may occasionally encounter iconic rocks which have...
"The Guardian of the Cave at Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand"Anthropomorphic stone found by rock collector Thath Chanuhacha of Bankok may also have been recognized and modified in prehistory. The find...
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A sprinting feline sculpture and a bear sculpture from the Arkfeld...
A sprinting feline sculpture, 35cm, from the Arkfeld site, #44FK732Bear sculpture from Arkfeld, 10cmAdam Arkfeld identified tools in the context of the figurative finds Front and back of tools found in...
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Three incised portable art rocks from the Arkfeld Paleolithic site in Virginia
Rock with incised lines, Arkfeld site, #44FK732, Clear Brook, Virginia. 15cm. Interpreted by Ken Johnston as a human head representation, chin at far left, eyes looking to upper left corner of the...
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Lee County, Alabama, farm finds include a subtle human profile, a lion head...
Subtle relief plaque of human head profile looking left, 5cm, Lee County, AlabamaLisa Deason find, north east Alabama, in a context of other iconic finds which have been featured on this blog. Here a...
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Human images, a likely feline head and a micro biface from Boukoul, Netherlands
Jan van Es find, Acheulean human head profile, Boukoul, NetherlandsA Middle Acheulean micro biface from the Boukoul siteStone including a human image detected by Jan van Es. Subtle alterations are made...
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A bear figure with nose raised to the air from The Old Route 66 Zoo site,...
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, outside Joplin, Missouri, along Old Route 66. Interpreted as a stone bear figure with nose raised to the air. One of many dozens of iconic objects from this site which...
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Bird figures on large flakes and a plaque with a human head profile crested...
Sherry Hill find, Doe River valley TennesseeFound in a context of other bird figures and sculptures seen on this blogSide 2, 8cmA cardinal-like bird figure made in retouch to the flake edges, 9cmSherry...
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A pebble mask with a manufactured mouth
Pebble mask with manufactured mouth, Arkfeld site, #44FK732, Clear Brook, Virginia, 2.5cm
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Shout and rabbit
. Rabbit neck and head looking left with ears folded back and combined with the "Shout" motifSherry Hill find, Doe River valley, far east Tennessee, 7cmThis figure stone was identified by Sherry as a...
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Pebble face mask including mammoth left profile form in context of other...
David Boies find, near Austin, Texas, 6cmThis pebble was selected by the artist because of the suitable "mammoth left profile shape" at the top, reminiscent of the mammoths' prominent head bump. It...
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Pleistocene glass work may be evidenced in Alabama and Ohio artifacts both...
Worked slag glass, Lisa Deason find, Lee County, AlabamaAs far as I can determine, there is no precedent for any historical people making micro tools like this out of glass slag.At left is a plaque...
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