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Bird-Form
Gouge |
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(or
Digging Tool, or Whatever) |
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| This sandstone implement was
uncovered roughly 50 cm (20") below the current terrain
surface. Note its similarity in form to the large
non-utilitarian limestone bird
figure below, embedded in the surface of apparently artificially
terraced terrain on the opposite side of the hill. Tools
formed in at least an abstract bird shape are quite common at this site,
this one being a good example. |
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| Below: The
opposite side of the hand tool in the top photo. Note the
area carved out for a firm and comfortable right-handed grasp,
and the clear bird image also presented by this side. |
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| Below: The proximal end
of the tool, looking along the surface of the handle toward the
almost perpendicular finger backstop. Functionally, note the
grooves for the two middle fingers between platforms for the
index and little fingers - and, iconographically, the
quasi-anthropomorphic birdlike creature facing right in the foreground. |
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| Below: Weathered
face images on opposite sides of the handle. |
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