Arkfeld Site "Sitting Mammoth" sculpture from Clear Brook, Virginia
"Sitting Mammoth" (6.5 cm)Adam Arkfeld find, site #44FK732, at Clear Brook, VirginiaAs far as I can determine, the Virginia Ice Age Arkfeld Site has produced more mammoth sculptures than any other...
View Article"Advanced Denisovan" bracelet at 40,000 years BP claims have been overhyped...
A stone bracelet from Siberia's Denisova Cave, claimed to be 40,000 years old due to dating of soil and made by Denisovans because of a pinky finger bone and two teeth found in the same soil layer....
View ArticleLimstone hare sculpture sniffs the breeze
Limestone sculpture "Hare sniffing the breeze"Limestone hare sculpture find by Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber, The Old Route 66 Zoo Site, #23JP1222, near Joplin, Missouri. Found among scores of iconic stones...
View ArticleAcoustic resonance stone horn from the Arkfeld Site provides an extraordinary...
Acoustic resonance stone horn from the Arkfeld site provides an extraordinary opportunity to hear the music of the distant past (30cm). It may be the oldest known stone musical wind instrument in the...
View ArticleMore stone birds and burins typical for Arkfeld Site uncovered on May 26 dig...
Limestone bird figure, Arkfeld Site, Clear Brook, Virginia (10cm)Â Another limestone bird figure (9cm)A third Arkfeld Site limestone bird figure (click photos to expand)Two heavy duty diamond-shaped...
View ArticleLower Paleolithic owl sculptures from North Western Europe
Beegden, Netherlands, find by Jan van EsA knowledgeable interpreter offered commentary on this sculpture: "Both bird and excellent designed 'forest elephant facing L with big floppy ears' and 'baby...
View Article'The eyes have it' at Clear Brook, Virginia and Fontmaure, France
Simple stone faces, Arkfeld Site, Clear Brook, Virginia Fontmaure, France- 'Mask' form featured by Richard Wilson at palaeoart.comOpening soon. An exhibition of figure-stones from the Palaeolithic site...
View Article'Jefferson's giant ground sloth right profile view' from The Old Route 66 Zoo...
'Jefferson's giant ground sloth right profile view'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo Site, #23JP1222Initially suggestive of a standing bear, I recognize this zoomorphic stone as...
View ArticleHuman head looking left on a cobble from the Arkfeld Site may also have a...
Human head sculpture looking left. Arkfeld Site, Clear Brook, Virginia (16cm)The human head has features such as eyes, nose, mouth and ear.There may a representation of a cartoon-like face with a big...
View ArticleAnnouncing a new portable rock art site discovered in South West Missouri
Typical bird figure in the handFound by David Smith, Barry County, Missouri"I found these and many many more on my 100 acre property in southwest Missouri. These were just a few pics I had on my phone....
View ArticleRunning horse with simple face on its chest and a flying bird figure from...
Jeff Vincent new find, Mammoth Spring, Fulton County, ArkansasInterpreted as a deer by Jeff but I think it is possibly a running horse depiction with its mane in swept-back position.The 'eye' of the...
View ArticleMammoth, human and feline figures from the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont
Limestone mammoth or mastodon figureJeremy Lowcock find, Vermont"I found these in the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont. Â I was hunting for serpentine to make some hand made cabochon and I started noticing...
View ArticleNorth American Ice Age megalithic sculpture: possible mammoth rock art on a...
Possible Virginia Pleistocene megalithic sculptureAnonymous sent this photo of a rock outcrop in Virginia which may have been modified to further resemble a mammoth profile facing right. The mammoth's...
View ArticleTwo mammoth figures combined with human head profiles from Arkfeld Site are...
Adam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, Site #44FK732.Interpreted as a mammoth profile facing left and a human head profile looking right. A faint eye, nostril and mouth are still visible.Above...
View ArticleFrance Lower Paleolithic mammoth sculpture has rough human face on its...
'Mammoth sculpture with human face on posterior'Henri Valentie find on an art producing Lower Paleolithic site on the Île d'Oléron, Atlantic Coast, France.  28/18/11 cmKen Johnston illustrated...
View ArticleTwydall, Kent, 'crude core tool' may be a more meaningful mammoth figure...
'Mammoth left profile and feline head right profile'Twydall, Kent, U.K. 'crude core tool' may be a more meaningful mammoth figure combined with a feline head figure in an early example of this motif at...
View ArticleAnother Arkfeld Site mammoth form profile with face on its posterior
'Mammoth left profile combined with face depiction on its posterior'Adam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia'Mammoth right profile combined with face depiction on its posterior'The point at the top of...
View ArticleFinds from The Netherlands by archaeologist Jan van Es of Roermond
Lower Paleolithic find from Beegden, The Netherlands, by archaeologist Jan van Es of Roermond.The rabbit figure is a symbol of summer and reproduction notes van Es. "This one has lips like Marilyn...
View ArticleA bison figure from The Old Route 66 Zoo Site, Jasper County, Missouri
A bison figure from The Old Route 66 Zoo Site, 23JP1222, Jasper County, Missouri. Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find. 20x15cmPlease note the detail of the bison face includes a clear right eye. The face...
View ArticleA combination of bird, egg and human imagery in a sculpture from The Old...
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, Jasper County, MissouriOne of many bird form sculptures found at this Paleolithic portable rock art mega site. The bird has been given an eye perforation in the stone at...
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