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Giant Pleistocene beaver first found in an Ohio bog may be depicted on a...
A possible depiction of Castoroides ohioensis in left profile view from the Old Route 66 Zoo portable rock art site in MissouriCastoroides ohioensis had a length of up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and an...
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Mammoth-shaped cupule stone from Indiana reminds Dutch archaeologist of early...
This cupule stone from an earlier post was found in Indiana during amateur mineral hunting and was recognized as an artifact. Ken Johnston speculated it was a mammoth form and Jan van Es of the...
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Subtle zoomorphic forms detected by archaeologists in California, The...
Jan van Es find, Beegden, The NetherlandsFor me, the fossil shell inclusion may be taken as the "breath" of the horse head (facing left) or as "whiskers" on a feline animal in another interpretation of...
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"Bird-Venus Statue in Limestone from Day's Knob Site 33GU218," Guernsey...
"Bird-Venus Statue in Limestone from Day's Knob Site 33GU218," Guernsey County, OhioClick here for information, photos and analysis by Alan Day-kbj
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Ronda Eldridge finds at Bee House, Texas, western Coryell County, came from...
Human stone flaking resulting in a human head in right profile form, Bee House, TexasRonda Eldridge of Bee House, Texas, found a group of suspected rock art objects in a 15 x 15 foot area on her...
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Chris Smith finds, San Saba County, Texas, include another example of mammoth...
Chris Smith find, San Saba County, Texas, identified as from a Paleolithic site according to Chris(click photos to expand and compare) Ken Johnston interpreted this stone as a combination mammoth head...
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California sculpture of head with "one eye open, other eye shut or missing"...
Example of a Stone Age sculpture with "one eye open, other eye shut" motifWhere are the archaeologists? Or even just one? It's time to address artifacts with this motif being found from coast-to-coast...
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Vincenzo Tupputi collection of thousands of stone anthropomorphs from the...
A small part of the Vincenzo Tupputi collection of thousands of stone anthropomorphs from the coast of Levante di Barletta, Italy (please click photos to expand)Vincenzo Tupputi writes (trans. from...
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Wooly Bully: trumpeting in a new age of North American Pleistocene rock art...
Mammoth image in relief on portable rock art piece, utilizing natural stone contours and including selected pecking stone removal. James May find, Washougal, Washington, mouth of the Columbia River...
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Turkey head figure stone, including snood and wattle, from Coryell County,...
Ronda Eldridge's human crafted turkey head figure stone, from Bee House, Coryell County, Texas, found in the context of multiple portable rock art objects and other bird figuresAt right is a flint...
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Cave entry at Hurricane, West Virginia, a possible rock art site, opens its...
Cave entry at Hurricane, West Virginia, a possible rock art site, holds open its mouth"hello, my name is mike holliday. i grew up collecting flint artifacts on a farm in west virginia, and have quite...
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World's smallest Acheulean handaxe form worked utilizing micro-holes technique
World's smallest manufactured Acheulean handaxe formArchaeologist Jan van Es of The Netherlands has identified what he calls "micro, micro" stoneworking utilizing micro work holes in the stone...
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Bill Waters identifies Texas biface with a human face depiction on lower...
Bill Waters of Keithville, Louisiana, find from a collection of Texas artifacts, no further provenance This crude facial profile on the right edge of a handaxe form is a known creative behavior dating...
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Face on possible oversized tool form, along with customized presentation...
Doris Avery find, Lairdsville, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehana River, early 1960'sThe sculpture is 34cm tall without the baseThe sculpture's associated presentation basePhillip Avery writes, "My mother...
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Figurative finds identified among tools at Anza, California, by Karon Schwab
Karon Schwab find, Anza, CaliforniaQuartzite has been worked to selectively reveal a darker underlying layer which now resembles facial features, including eyebrows. A female figurine from The...
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Entoptic phenomena experienced in altered mind states may explain Paleolithic...
Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, portable carvings are in typical Paleolithic rock art patterns which have been thought to originate in altered mind states, reflecting visual patterns generated and...
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New York archaeologist works in France while site number 23PU2 Miller Cave,...
Abri Castanet, France, NYU archaeologist Randall WhiteAbout 37,000 years ago, occupants of a rock shelter at Abri Castanet in southwestern France etched the above figure into the shelter’s stone...
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Fossilized egg suspected of being a Stone Age curated manuport may have been...
Dennis Boggs find, Columbia River valley foothills, Irrigon, Oregon Collector Dennis Boggs recognizes certain stone material as "exotic" to his locale and in unnatural concentrations and flags it for...
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Left-handed tool is breathing bird head with human face icon on posterior, a...
Ken Johnston find, Licking County, OhioI interpret this as a combination bird head and tool form, with a nostril in the anatomically correct position on the beak to "animate the stone with the breath...
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Mammoth and bison combination sculpture demands Paleolithic North American...
Buzzy Boles find, mammoth with bison head profile looking right,Laurens County, South CarolinaBuzzy Boles of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, writes, "This is a very interesting statue. It is 5" at the...
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