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A standing mammoth and lion head combination sculpture from The Old Route 66...
'Mammoth body silhouette facing left and lion head facing right'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, site #23JP1222Illustration of the mammoth head and trunk curvature and the locations of the lion's 'eye'...
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Epi-Gravettian obsidian tool collection includes a human head figure
'Obsidian human head profile looking left'Set of obsidian tools from France. Retouched flakes, blades, scrapers. Upper Paleolithic, epi-Gravettian, 20,700-18,600 years before present. The human head...
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Australian rock art sculpture defies traditional dichotomy of 'geometric or...
'Sculpture of four motifs"Rebecca Hainsworth & John Rogers find, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaHi Kenneth,We have been studying patterns on rock here in Brisbane, Australia, for some time now....
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Exotic manuported stone 130,000 years ago may be a feline head profile
Interpreted by Ken Johnston as a 'Lion head profile looking left'Exotic manuported biopelmicritic grey limestone, 130,000 years agoKrapina cave Neanderthal site, Croatia, David Frayer, University of...
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Human head statue from Arkfeld Site
'Human head' stands upright on a flat baseArkfeld Site, #44FK731, Clear Brook, Virginia
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Acheulian 'animated handaxe' from Menashe Hills, Isreal
'Smiling left 3/4 profile stone portrait'Acheulian of the Menashe Hills, IsraelThis iconic sculptural artifact has two 'eyes' as protruding bumps, a 'nose', 'smiling mouth,''jawline,''chin' and 'neck.'...
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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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Mammoth, feine and human combination standing sculpture from Missouri
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo, Site #23JP1222 near Joplin, MissouriInterpreted features on the rock which invoked the mammoth imagery for the artist and audience: Head bump and...
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Zoo Whooo! A paleolithic owl sculpture from Missouri
'Owl portable rock art sculpture'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo mega portable rock site producing dozens of figure stones and sculptures. Site #23JP1222, Jasper County,...
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Queensland portable rock art typically found at 1 to 2 meters depth
Human facial profile worked onto translucent stone material Rebecca Hainsworth & John Rogers finds, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaPlease note the attention give to the 'chin' which is a...
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Paleolithic hand puppets survive in stone from Site #23JP1222, Jasper County,...
'Human face' detail on 'hand puppet'Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, The Old Route 66 Zoo portable rock art siteI have interpreted a number of pieces on this blog as stone 'hand puppets' because they...
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A rhomboid plaquette from Arkfeld Site
Arkfeld Site, #44FK731, 'Rhomboid plaquette'Clear Brook, VirginiaAdam Arkfeld has identified a recurring pattern of these diamond-shaped stones which have been sculpted using a "bend-break" or "buffer...
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'World's oldest images made from pixels' discovered in prehistoric French camp
Credit: Musée national de Préhistoire collections - photo MNP - Ph. JugieScientists in France have discovered ancient pointillist engravings representing both a wild cow and a wooly mammoth. The...
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'Animated handaxe' is hundreds of thousands of years old and has faint traces...
Sahara desert, Morocco300,000 to 1.5 million years old artifact(click photos to expand and toggle)'Animated handaxe' is hundreds of thousands of years old and has faint traces of a human face on its...
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Lower Paleolithic human head profile in 'yell' motif from Île d'Oléron, France
Lower Paleolithic human head left profile in 'yell' motif from Île d'Oléron, France. Henri Valentie find.Anthropomorphic stone figures with mouths agape have been variously interpreted as yelling,...
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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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Central Georgia landowner identifies an archaeological site with typical...
Crude human or animal face on a cobbleThe Kingpin Site, Central GeorgiaHuman head left profile sculpture on a plaque, with pointy head'Eye' and 'mouth' work on the stone to sculpt a human faceCurated...
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A feline and human head combination figure stone from Missouri
Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber findThe Old Route 66 Zoo site near Joplin, MissouriThis figure depicts a right 3/4 profile perspective feline-looking head with pointed ears along with a face which resembles a...
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New Tennessee site with portable rock art, anvils, flint and tools
Edgar Lopez finds, White House, Tennessee"HelloMy name is Edgar and I am seeking your help on some finds that I dug up while starting a garden.I believe I may have stumbled on some ancient American...
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Human and feline hybrid stone figure from Arkfeld site, Clear Brook, Virginia
Adam Arkfeld find and interpretation, Clear Brook, VirginiaBlack line illustrates the implied feline 'tail.' Circle highlights the head with open mouth which seems to have more of a human...
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