Archaeology of Portable Rock Art

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.

13 March 2016

Bird figures from the Zoo

'Limestone bird figure'

Stacy Dodd and Rod Weber find, Site #23JP1222

The Old Route 66 Zoo, Jasper County, Missouri

Possible 'Human bust in right 3/4 profile perspective'

When rotated 90 degrees left, the possible human bust becomes a 'flying bird' form, bird's head at left, tail at right

Archaeology of Portable Rock Art

Denisovan Ancestry in East Eurasian and Native American Populations

13 March 2016

Bird figures from the Zoo

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