It might come with the microliths

...the context, the situation of these stones and what they mean. I am more and more fascinated with them. While some of them look pretty straight as tools when their point is very sharp, others do look like birds with the curve of the head or the hint of a wing ( see those on the right of the picture). As I observe the different mixes of stones, there are some constants like the next 2 pictures. This a new category that I had taken for refuse so far, but there is a constant in the shape and size of small cubes with several sides.

A mouth

When there is a line carved in like the one on the left, this can very well be the way to show a mouth or a snout or a beak. On the top of this stone, there are 2 birds facing right with tiny holes for an eye and tiny beaks delineated.

The edge

The edge of the stone here is not used for scraping but for "artwork". I hope I can convey somewhat with this profile how 2 heads are interlocked- the mouth of the top one being used for the eye of the lower one. The mouth has been chipped off, it's a tiny chip. The rest of the profile is done with very little cuts. When you've seen it once you can see it on many stones. This use of the edges of a stone is seen repeatedly and in very creative ways.

Curios

On the ground A bluish rock rubbed, sanded on each of its angles. First time I see that. Interesting.

What else am I supposed to find?

How much more digging and to what depth? what else am I supposed to find? From this morning little digging.

On the ground.

On the ground or right under the surface.

3/4 profile

To explain what I mean by 3/4 profile as seen in the title of this blog. And maybe it is not the right word. Many portraits are on one or more angles of a stone where the edge of the angle is used for the nose and mouth. Then one side of the angle you will see an eye open and the other side an eye closed, or vice-versa.

Toys?

This is my response to Ken as for some reason I cannot send my reply right after his comment. ' Thanks Ken. The idea of a playground seems appealing and interesting. I have often thought that the stones with many carved images could have been a toy or a game. A game for the sculptor to see how many images of animals and portraits he/she could put on a rock and how many could be guessed by a child or an adult alike. The difference here would be that this would have been a pretty sophisticated game as the images are often hidden and only visible at a certain angle of the light.

Off her rocker!

" Off her rocker!"I can hear it as well as "Dismiss, dismiss, dismiss!". It is a hard choice for me to post because posting about very little rocks which could have some sort of carving on them is becoming more and more unbelievable and the chance of finding someone in the archaeological field patient and curious enough to come and see what I have found becomes slimmer and slimmer. This was the choice I was faced with: to see and deny or to see and accept. I chose the second one.I am still accepting begrudgingly, shuffling my feet, thinking " This shouldn't be!". This morning I examined a sample of little rocks on my kitchen table and sorted them. On the bottom right corner are little rocks with a tiny eye, a tiny cut for a mouth. They are all different. On one of them I found 3 portraits following each other interlocked in the same fashion I had seen on larger rocks. There is also a pecked one, with rows of pecks, something I had never seen. Small tools on the left side of those.