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Bird-form knife from Bee House, Texas, is among many examples already described
This is a bird-form knife identified by Ronda Eldridge from a small concentrated area on her property yielding iconic lithic materials. Illustrations by Ronda EldridgeSide 2 of the Ronda Eldridge bird...
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Horse head with human face profile joined on its neck
Ronda Eldridge find, Bee House, Texas.Ronda thought this might be a deer head figure but I interpret this as a nice example of a horse head. I give importance to the bump between the muzzle and the...
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The lost "Lost Valley" site #36CU190 produced a classic wolf head sculpture...
The Lost Valley site, #36CU190, South Central Pennsylvania, Gary Yanonne and Jeffrey Kottmyer, 2003. Wolf head looking right and human head looking left joined to the back of its neck.The archaeology...
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"Topplehead" anthropomorphic PAC-MAN like stone stands upright in a perfectly...
Dennis Boggs find near Boardman, Oregon, identified as an anthropomorphic head sculpture by Dennis in this iteration of a typology he identified in his collection.Profile view of anthropomorphic head...
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Human head figure from China has zero provenance but is recognized as...
"China human head figure," Thath Chanuhacha collection, Bangkok, ThailandThis human head figure comes with no provenance other than it was found in China. It was acquired by collector Thath Chanuhacha...
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"The Bird Mask of Oléron"
Henri Valentie find in an art and tool context, Île d'Oléron, FranceThis mask fits a human face and indicates it may have been functional as well as a visually significant item for its Lower...
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Ohio mammoth sculpture including a horse head image makes a galloping sound...
Ken Johnston find, Licking County, Ohio, 10 x14 cm.Sculpted Vanport chert which has mammoth, horse and human imagery, produces a galloping horse sound when stroked rhythmically and has a smoothed area...
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Neanderthal art and symbolism from Beegden, Netherlands, includes mammoth...
Jan van Es find in a Neanderthal archaeological context. Beegden, Netherlands. Interpreted as mammoth/forest elephant figure in left profile."Human face. Neanderthaler art and symbolism....
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Mammoth and human sculptures from Mammoth Spring, Arkansas
Jeff Vincent find, Mammoth Spring ArkansasFound in a strong archaeological art context developed by Jeff Vincent and seen in several postings on this blog. Interpreted by Jeff as a mammoth sculpture...
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Acheulean handaxe with bird, human and animal imagery demonstrates how iconic...
Acheulean handaxe, (15 x 7 cm). From Calvados (Normandy) West of Paris Basin. Private tool collection. Acheulean -550,000 - 300,000 BPA likely animal head and neck figure facing left, possibly...
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In search for the earliest Americans, Archaeology has painted itself into a...
Nadia Clark find, Prescott, ArizonaBird figure found in a context of many bird stone finds and tools identified by Nadia as quartzite microliths. Archaeology has not yet been able to identify the...
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A ground sloth and horse head combination sculpture in petrified wood from...
Chris Schram find, Big Dry Creek, Westminster, Colorado, in a watershed Chris has documented is rich in humanly worked petrified wood figure stones and sculptures. Interpreted by Chris in the field as...
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Lower Paleolithic art motif of "faces on diamonds," diamond shaped stones and...
Four new faces on diamond shaped stones, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, Jeff Vincent finds. The largest one in the middle was featured earlier on this blog. Ursel Benekendorff of Hamburg, Germany, has...
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Simple as it gets
Henri Valentie find, Île d'Oléron, France, 11/8.5/4cmWith certain layout and spacing humans cannot help but recognize a simple face on a stone like this. When the stone is found in an archaeological...
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Lower Paleolithic feline head sculpture from the French Pyrenees is...
Feline head sculpture, Henri Valentie find, Pyrenees range, FranceMr. Valentie writes: "Here is a feline head found in the Pyrenees at 1200 m altitude in context of Lower Paleolithic tools. The...
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Colorado hand axe with human facial profile suggests relation to the...
Chris Schram find, Big Dry Creek, Westminster, ColoradoObjects like this encountered by North American archaeologists are often categorized as "pre forms" as if they too crude to be finished tools....
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Human head and horned bovid head combined in a sculpture from 23JP1222, The...
Human head with big lips facing left, Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, near Joplin, MissouriThe sculpture stands upright in this position. The human face is looking left and skyward and the horned bovid...
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Austin, Texas, PAC-MAN like anthropomorphic stone found in a strong portable...
PAC-MAN like anthropomorphic stone, David Boies find, Austin, TexasThis sculpture found by David Boies near Austin, Texas, is yet another example of a recurring form from portable rock art bearing...
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Report of a gemstone with human head and animal head qualities from...
Kavinda Dharmisiri's zoomorphic and anthropomorphic yellow sapphire stone, Colombo, Sri LankaInterpreted as an animal head facing right by Kavinda. Because this stone is likely from the Lower...
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"Right eye open, left eye missing" Eurasian Paleolithic rock art motif found...
"Right eye open, left eye missing" Eurasian Paleolithic art motif found in ArkansasHuman head on a cobble, Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, Jeff Vincent collection. The very strong art context of the find and...
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