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 carved.
Side 2 of this plaquette exhibits two anthropomorphic facial profiles Janus-faced, looking right and left.
Props of pipe at mouth and penny at eye to facilitate interpretation of two of the four human head forms in this sculpture.
Subjectivity in Stone Age art works such as figure stones, engravings, sculptures, effigies and curated manuports. See how images and icons have been realized in portable rock media since the dawn of humanity. Here, archaeologists and art historians are becoming aware of these forsaken artifacts. “And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in every thing." -in W. Shakespeare, As You Like It, 1599.
Denisovan Ancestry in East Eurasian and Native American Populations
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