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Black flint artifact from the Island of Oléron, France, has 'face on...

'Face mask on rhomboid' art motifHenri Valentie find, Island of Oléron, FranceMr. Valentie writes: Here is a stone figure of 11/10/10 cm black flint (typical of the island of Oléron). We can see...

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Arkfeld Site carved human head and small carved standing human bust

 Adam Arkfeld finds, Site 44FK731, Clear Brook, Virginia A thumb-size human bust carving which stands upright on a flat base

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Arkfeld Site mammoth sculpture

'Mammoth sculpture'Adam Arkfeld find, Site #44FK731, Clear Brook, VirginiaThis is one of about a couple of dozen mammoth sculptures from the Ice Age Arkfeld Site. They indicate a site like no other yet...

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Site #23JP1222 human face profile is also a standing bird figure

'Human face right profile'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo, Joplin, Missouri When the human facial profile is rotated, it becomes a standing bird figure facing left

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Human face mask with feline face carved on its chin

Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, Site #23JP1222Illustration of the interpreted human face mask. The red line marks the human's 'mouth' and the arrow points to the subtle feline face worked onto the...

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Human face with giant head/hat/hair and viper head as its 'neck'

'Human face with viper head below'Staqcy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo, Joplin, MissouriFaint remnants of the human's face, mouth, nose and two eyesA 'viper head' serves as the human's...

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Laughing sculpture with exaggerated nose from the Zoo

Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, Site # 23JP1222In another orientation of this same stone, an animal figure sits on its rear while resting on its front legs

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Red face mask from the Zoo

'Red face mask'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, Site # 23JP1222

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Stark County, Ohio, landowner and amateur archaeologist is blown off by a...

'Flaked chert human head likeness, facing left'Adam Robinson finds, unglaciated portion of Stark County, OhioAdam's site is on a promontory hilltop locally known as "The Top of the World"Other iconic...

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A jasper human head figure from The Netherlands with human modifications

 Jan van Es collection, Roermond, The NetherlandsThe human may be depicted here wearing hair/hat or cap as is seen in many other Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone figures found and documented by Van...

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Another amateur archaeologist dismissed by The Cleveland Museum of Natural...

'Human head left profile in translucent stone material'Christian Kotze finds of Lake County, Ohio. These Ohio finds have been discounted by the archaeology curator at Cleveland Museum of Natural...

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An Ohio sculpture in the 'Mammoth profile with human face profile on its...

Ken Johnston find, Licking County, OhioThis sculpture was found in soil disturbed for landscaping purposes and within 50 yards of a few other mammoth and human combination sculptures which have been...

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Landscapers inadvertently return probable large mammoth sculpture to its...

Ken Johnston Paleolithic art mammoth sculpture find, Licking County, Ohio 'Mammoth left profile'This probable Ice Age mammoth rock art sculpture is about 30 inches tall, is slender and stands upon a...

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Etched piece of lime hornfels from Fairfax County, Virginia

Etched piece of hornfels - possible "portable rock art" recoveredfrom a site in Fairfax County, Virginia in 2006.

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'Lower Paleolithic human head carving' from Île d'Oléron, France

'Lower Paleolithic human head carving'Henri Valentie find, Île d'Oléron, France The carved human head likeness in left profile viewsA biface found at the same locationMr. Valentie's France find...

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A stone doll in fetal position from Missouri rock art site

Stone doll human depiction in fetal position with skull face looking leftStacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo, site #23JP1222Illustration showing the interpreted legs with knees at chest...

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Arkfeld Site human head sculpture in left profile

Arkfeld Site human head sculpture in left profileAdam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK731

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A stone with deeply incised lines on three sides from The Arkfeld Site

A stone with deeply incised lines on three sides from The Arkfeld SiteAdam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, site #44FK731This point found by Adam Arkfeld on his property looks to have a pecked-out...

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Human "tall head" in left profile with neck, shoulder and flaked facial...

Adam Arkfeld find, Clear Brook, Virginia, among many dozen human head sculptures.The contour of the face line here has been chipped to form and the eye and mouth parts of the stone have been humanly...

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Polymorphic symbolism in an Acheulean cleaver at ca. 400,000 years before...

'Feline, mammoth, wisent and human polymorphic sculpture' interpreted by Ken Johnston. Acheulean cleaver, ca. 450,000 to 400,000 BP, private collection, FranceWhen I saw this photo I recognized the...

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