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Incised
Stones at 33GU218
| This limestone bird figure with a
quasi-anthropomorphic face displays the distinctive decorative
incision marks characteristic of many artifacts at this site. Dr. Roy
Mapes, professor of geology at Ohio University, and Dr.
Eric Law, professor of geology at Muskingum University, have identified
the deep and curved cuts in this stone as artificial.
This is also one of several pieces microscopically examined by rock art
expert Dr. Arsen
Faradzhev during a site visit in April 2005 and determined to be
the product of human workmanship. |
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Below: A close-up of
the incisions: |
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| This bird-human figure in
sandstone includes a finely carved flying bird image, shown in
close-up below: |
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A limestone with almost
perpendicularly incised lines, shown refitted into the larger rock from which it was cut.
Compare this to the similarly shaped and incised Clovis-age
limestone from the Gault site,
below: |
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Three photos
above:
Incised limestone bird figure. |
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Two-faced ("janiform") limestone zoo-anthropomorphic figure. |
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| Broader V-profile
marks, decorative/symbolic carvings on flat sandstone.
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