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"In, On and Infinity:" Incised lines may represent ideas and concept modeling...

Texas incised stone found in an archaeological context by an amateur archaeologistThis find in Texas was interpreted as a tool but may be an example of straight edge use in a European Paleolithic...

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Artistic convention of adding nostrils can be used to assess artificiality...

 Mike Raver find, Muskingum County, OhioMike Raver of Zanesville, Ohio, has discovered about a dozen sites in his locale along the Muskingum River which he interprets as producing portable rock art...

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One-eyed face stone sculpture has human and feline qualities from Luigi...

One-eyed face stone sculpture has human and feline qualities from Luigi Chiapparoli collection, site at Montarsolo, Italy. Photo by independent rock art researcher Luigi Chiapparoli.Ceramic one-eyed...

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Flint bison and bear figures from the Chris Schram collection, from near Big...

 Bison in left profile, Chris Schram find and interpretation, Westminster, ColoradoIllustration of interpreted features of the bisonJ E. Musch theory of standardization of bear and bison icons may be...

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El Juyo cave, Santander, Spain, "one eye open, other eye shut or missing"...

MANKIND'S OLDEST SHRINE DISCOVERED IN SPAINBy TOM FERRELLPublished: November 28, 1981, New York TimesAmerican and Spanish scientists have reported finding the earliest intact religious sanctuary from...

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Oregon carved pebble depicts smiling one-eyed face in left 3/4 profile

Dennis Boggs collection, Irrigon, OregonCarved "one eye missing" face portrait, depicted as smiling and looking to the left, Dennis Boggs portable rock art Collection, Irrigon, Oregon. The right eye is...

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"Natural-looking" portable rock art precludes scientific examination despite...

Artifact from Kostenki I site, Don River valley RussiaSource: Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1970), pp. 129-136An object from Seneca County, Ohio, on display in the "Field Finds" contest case at...

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Stone "head mask" from archaeological site in Russian Beringia places art...

Illustration of a "Stone head" from the Paleolithic site at Siberdik, RussiaThis stone head places the "one eye open, other eye shut or missing" Paleolithic art motif in Beringia, which may be evidence...

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In light of Paleoamerican "back migration" hypothesis, one-eyed lion head...

Ohio portable rock art "One-eyed lion head" is one of several North American examplesOne-eyed lion head, found in context of dozens of feline figures from the Mahoning River valley, Canfield, Ohio....

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If Brazilian agate object was worked by a human, it may be a first example of...

Is it a worked face mask in agate from Brazil?A rock collector in Thailand acquired this piece of Brazilian agate at a geology fair in Tucson, Arizona. It was interpreted as a "Phantom of the Opera"...

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Mousterian iconographic art lurks unrecognized within objects Archaeology has...

"Face mask hand axe"From Verberie, OISE (60north, Paris France), 11 x 6 cm--4.2 x 2.3 in.ca. 300,000 to 40,000 BPThis French Mousterian hand axe has been worked to incorporate imagery of the "one eye...

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Micro bird figure and other portable rock art may help define expedient stone...

Nadia Clark find, Prescott, ArizonaNadia found this 3cm bird in a context of many other portable rock art finds"Lithic cultural debris" from a one foot square area in Nadia Clark's yard in Prescott,...

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"A happy new year to everybody and for the real scientists: a good start to...

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Sculpture of human head left profile combined with a one-eyed skull from site...

Sculpture of human head left profile combined with one-eyed skull depictionFrom 23JP1222, "The Old Route 66 Zoo" site, Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber findKen Johnston interpretation of human head looking...

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Archaeologists snooze while Austin, Texas, amateur discovers "One eye open,...

David Boies find, Westlake, TexasA representation of the figure's right eye may be seen in the eye socket. The left eye is depicted differently, suggesting a closed, damaged or missing eye. The left...

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African Acheulean beaked tool on a bird shaped stone is similar to U.S.A. finds

This stone has an appearance reminiscent of a perched bird. Such similarities would not have gone unnoticed among our ancestors. Acheulean, est. 600,000 to 100,000 BP. Sahara Desert, North Africa. This...

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Mammoth sculpture from site 23JP1222 has now faint lion icon incorporated...

Identified as a mammoth sculpture by Stacy Dodd. From 23JP1222, "The Old Route 66 Zoo" site near Joplin, Missouri, Rod Weber, landowner. This is the second mammoth sculpture from "The Zoo" featured on...

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Early Acheulean human head profile from the Beegden archaeological site...

Early Acheulean human from the Beegden archaeological site, Jan van Es, 6km west of Roermond, The Netherlands. Suspected to be an  image by Homo erectus.

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Horse head sculpture from Missouri site

Interpreted by Ken Johnston as a horse head sculpture from The Old Route 66 Zoo site, 23JP1222, Jasper County, Missouri. From a dense context of iconographic artifacts identified by Stacy Dodd and Rod...

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Fish figure with "eye" from the Upper Rogue River valley, Oregon, is compared...

Fish figure collected and identified by Shelly Kaye, Upper Rogue River, OregonThis figure was found outside of any supportive context but recognized as a "fish" by Shelly. The imagery compares...

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