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A Lower Paleolithic human head sculpture found among cleavers in the French...
A Lower Paleolithic human head sculpture, by Homo heidelbergensisHenri Valentie find from the French Pyrenees regionMr. Valentie writes: "This piece comes from the massive shale Pyrenees in France. I...
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Possible bas relief image of a walking woman with a baby sling on her back
Identified as a "walking woman" image by Adam Arkfeld, Arkfeld farm site, #44FK732, Clear Brook, Virginia.Ken Johnston illustration of the woman's face configuration detected by Arkfeld (click photos...
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Report from Fayette, Mississippi, of another worked PAC-MAN like...
Dylan Fazzio of New Orleans, Louisiana, find from Fayette, Mississippi on November 8th, 2014. Measurements: 3" length, 3/4" width, 2 1/4" height. Photos courtesy of Dylan Fazzio.Ken Johnston...
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Dutch and North American mammoth forms both have remnants of eye pigment and...
Jan van Es find, Beegden, The Netherlands, interpreted as an elephant-like form in profile facing leftKen Johnston illustration of areas of human modification to this pieceAdam Arkfeld find, Arkfeld...
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From the Limberg site, Beegden, Netherlands
From the Limberg site, Beegden, NetherlandsCollection of Jan van EsThe top portion of this stone may be interpreted as symbolic of the profile of a mammoth figure facing right. The mammoth may...
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Tablet of engraved sandstone, la Grotte du Loup, France, from the Mousterian...
Tablet of engraved sandstone, la Grotte du Loup, from the Mousterian excavation by G. MazièresPhoto: Don Hitchcock 2008 Source: Original, display at Musée National de Préhistoire, Les EyziesPlaquette...
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Mini-tablet with incised lines forming a grid pattern along with a fan motif...
Arkfeld site, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK732Mini-tablet with incised lines made by use of a straight edge which form a grid pattern, 7cm. Found in context with other portable rock art incised...
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Three mammoth sculptures from The Old Route 66 Zoo site near Joplin, Missouri
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo, site #23JP1222, 16cmThis is a mammoth and human polymorphic sculpture depicting an anthropomorphic head looking left and a mammoth right profile...
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Lion head and bison frame a bison engraving on a pebble from Grotte du Mas...
Pebble with an engraving of a bison.Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008Source: Facsimile, display, Grotte du Mas d'Azil, FranceKen Johnston interpretation of the stone as an intended lion head figure in line...
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Flying duck, wolf and rabbit figures combined in a polymorphic limestone...
Flying duck with head at left and split tail feathers at rightStacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo site, #23JP1222 near Joplin, Missouri Wolf bust view interpretation by Stacy Dodd,...
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Homo erectus engraved shell from Java is about half-a-million years old...
Homo erectus engraved shell from Java is about half-a-million years old(Photo : Wim Lustenhouwer, VU University Amsterdam)From nature.com: A zigzag engraving on a shell from Indonesia is the oldest...
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Engraved stone M3-10 from Blombos Cave, South Africa, dated at 100,000 years...
Some of the engraved stones from Blombos Cave, South Africa, attributed to their recovery levels and datesArtifact M3-10 has a fan motif (convergent lines) which is opening upward in this...
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At two centimeters, simple pecked face on a pebble is microart from the...
At two centimeters, simple pecked face on a pebble is microart from the Arkfeld site, #44FK731, Clear Brook, VirginiaArchaeologist Jan van Es of Roermond, The Netherlands, has described portable rock...
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Beauty and the Beast
"Two standing human forms in an embrace" from Arkfeld site, Clear Brook, VirginiaFind and interpretation by Adam ArkfeldThis statuette has a scepter-like handle which has been been inserted into a wood...
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Sculpture combines two known motifs, mammoth cresting human head and human...
Arkfeld site, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK731, 12cmThis figure stone combines mammoth, or perhaps mastodon, imagery along with human face imagery. It achieves two already described motifs, the...
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Third mammoth figure with human face mask between legs from the Arkfeld site
Mammoth right profile figure standing upright on a flat base. Find by Adam Arkfeld, Arkfeld site, #44FK731, Clear Brook, VirginiaKen Johnston illustration of the interpreted mammoth figure and a crude...
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Bison head and human head combination from the Arkfeld site, Clear Brook,...
Adam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK731Interpreted by Ken Johnston as a bison head and neck facing right combined with a human head on top which is facing skywardAn illustration of the...
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Human face on a pebble with possible pigmentation from Virginia
Arkfeld site, Clear Brook, VirginiaFound in a strong context of portable rock art including other faces on pebbles. Adam Arkfeld states the yellow adhering matrix does not match the soils in the area....
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Petrified wood bird figures from the Big Dry Creek watershed at Westminster,...
Identified as sculpted petrified wood bird figures by Chris Schram, Westminster, Colorado, in a context of other examples as featured on this blog and at Chris's site linked below.From Big Dry Creek...
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American amateur archaeologists describe worked flint bird head figures but...
Ronda Eldridge has found dozens of bird head figures in a small area on her property at Bee House, Texas and illustrates one here. Many American amateur archaeologists describe worked flint bird head...
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