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Bifrontal
Figures - Day's Knob Site
| These are Janus-like figures
with a face at each end, very common, typically with one
quasi-human face and another more bird-like. Note that the
bird face is usually rounded, with more of a mouth than a beak,
likely both for conven- ience in carving and to further convey
the "morphing" of bird and human. |
| For comparison, below, this
stone from Italy shows the same bifrontal "janiform"
iconography. This is very common and long recognized in
European Paleolithic "portable rock art". |
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Below: A
worked sandstone in the same theme from Australia,
with the bird end extending downward to the left. |
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