Portable Rock Art - Sauropods

Here are some portable rock art comparisons of some of my sauropod interpretations in flints. This new section is for making like for like comparisons in high quality finds only.

What I've noticed as a key trigger is a wavey mouth area, an interesting feature to keep an eye out for.

If you look closely they all have features that are easily interpreted as eyes in the expected locations, some of these are probably applied pigments.

The obvious worked flint blade to the right was just considered to be just that by its finder.

Although fairly crude this portable rock art has nice eye spot detail, and some very fine ochre pigmentation, a good comparison shape to the grey blade one above.

I found this piece and have been waiting to post it.im not sure if it the same animal for comparison in this group. 

Hi Amy, the First pic could easily be interpreted as a sauropod neck and head, just not the same types as mine, the second pic looks very much like a horse figure, facing down, front leg missing. For horse portable rock art, besides the obvious bone and and ivory carvings in museums etc. this is actually really good.

It looks to me like it has a likeness on both ends.

Amy I've found a comparable profile to your horse that does not appear to be a horse in a definite figure stone, I will share it after this post, so perhaps as is common your find is a two in one combination horse and sauropod or other?

A chance find which also carries a double sided sauropod like impression, agency for eye detail is apparent here.



This find has quite a few possibilities besides the sauropod impression, look under the eye for a detailed ape face.

A heavily water warn figure stone with a double sided bear profile, including pigment and working to create eye detailing. A possible double sided sauropod? impression can also be interpreted, similar to the profile seen in Amys find.

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I was picking cherry tomatoes standing on this rock when i found it. It shows 5 or 6 different sauropods. it has been shaped with mouths, teeth and eyes. it is completely surfaced (pecked). I feel that these are better representations than guesses based on glued together bones. I believe the sculptor actually saw his subjects.

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sauropod rock

I could only really see a sauropod likeness in the picture I edited in from your finds, on the far left on the sideboard.