Sunday, March 20, 2016

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.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

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.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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.

Monday, February 22, 2016

More miniature ones

The miniature ones

Here are some better pictures of the miniature ones. Putting them on my finger gives an idea of their small scale and craftsmanship. The poses are varied, a bird in flight, resting or a head. The material is varied. As well as the spots where they were found.