tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057432722659257077.post1675820801834422325..comments2024-03-22T01:42:37.271-04:00Comments on Archaeology of Portable Rock Art: Let's get small. Let's get really small. Attention to detail shows a world of stone micro-art is easy to miss if no one is lookingKen Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626582215405908165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057432722659257077.post-75071205700615194142013-03-30T08:18:07.013-04:002013-03-30T08:18:07.013-04:00The lithic material here is a flake of Vanport Fli...The lithic material here is a flake of Vanport Flint from Flint Ridge, Ohio. The holes on this object appear to be similarly made to those Alan has identified in an eye-like formation on a stone from Day's Knob.<br /><br />http://www.daysknob.com/Flint_Figures.htmKen Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626582215405908165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057432722659257077.post-3048098212918437972013-03-30T02:29:00.462-04:002013-03-30T02:29:00.462-04:00Hi Ken...
That's an interesting piece. But t...Hi Ken...<br /><br />That's an interesting piece. But to me it looks more like quartz than chert - one way or another, a difficult material to work.<br /><br />Understandably, micro-art in Figure Stones goes unnoticed, but it was, in fact, observed and described in several pieces by an amateur archaeologist almost ten years ago. A nice example is shown at http://www.daysknob.com/Cave_Bird.htm , a tiny bird head sculpted with the aid of fine sand inside a 5 mm diameter cavity drilled into a small piece of sandstone. The visual acuity and manual dexterity of those ancient artisans is amazing to me.<br /><br />A doctorate-level geologist/petrologist recognized this piece as an obvious artifact, but archaeology establishment types have usually responded to it with something like "That can't be real because why would an Indian do that?". (Sometimes I feel like I'm in a Monty Python episode...)<br /><br /> Regards, Alan Day<br /><br />Alan Daynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6057432722659257077.post-4314522555191431832013-03-29T17:10:59.999-04:002013-03-29T17:10:59.999-04:00on side one 1 i see a running rabbit, ears blowing...on side one 1 i see a running rabbit, ears blowing back, turning its head back laughing. the first two dots being its eyes. the rest of the dotted line being the split between its two ears.Also i believe there too be seven dots the last dot almost on the side at the end of the ears.i say this because ive seen the bird with the seven dots on it in a line.i call it the bird and the worm and think it relates to the seven harmonics.amazing find lyn.lukenoreply@blogger.com