Portable Rock Art and Figure Stones
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District Lithic
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Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:38 am
Hello All, I am in Washington D.C. and new to the forum, but I have been collecting Portable Rock Art for some time, and like I am certain, everyone else here, it makes me crazy that people can not see the art that I see. I had amassed a large collection that I had left as found, but I decided to find just one piece everybody could see was crafted by hand, with no ambiguity. I decided to clean up one of the pieces I had found and see if I couldnt scrape the sediment out of the lines. I put the blade to the rock, and a huge chunk fell off. Beneath the sediment was perfectly preserved carving. Shocked, I cleaned the rest of the stone to find a perfectly preserved figure, (it is the larger dark stone in the photo of the two faces).
All of this time I assumed detail had been eroded away, but instead some had been preserved through concretion
I went through my collection and found a few more that were encased in sediment or calcite, I dont know my geology, I can tell you that it loosens up with water, and that a steel razor blade will scratch the sediment, but not the carved stone beneath. I have found them in a few locations and made from a few different types of stone. Enclosed below is a 6 panel photo showing the stone from as found to excavated. I am not carving them, if I gave you a blade and the same stone, you would end up with the same figure.
I am confident that the stones are carved on both sides, but I have only cleaned one in most of the pieces I have found, keeping the original concretion and cortex in place an intact, with carving still encased below.
Another important note is that the stones picture are where I have stopped cleaning them, there is certainly more detail that is not revealed, as well as some lines that should be cleaned off, but they are as far as I can clean them with the tools I have.
I have cleaned 60-70 maybe more, I have lots that are partially cleaned, and a few I have barely touched, in hopes of getting a professional involved, the panel of a green stone I believe resembles a smilodon or another large cat.
I have no idea what to do with them. When I found other portable rock art, I was told it was just a bunch of rocks, and now I am being told that they are natural formations that just happen across several different species of rock from different locations. I have repeating themes and figures all resemble Native American imagery, aparently randomly. I have as many photos as you would like, I would love to get some thoughts, I could show you thousands of them. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:42 am
Here are a few more
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Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:42 am
These certainly are interesting finds, but I am unable to qualify them as ancient portable rock art pieces. Your observation and good effort are noted though, and I do not have a 'natural' explanation for the groves present on your finds.
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Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:48 am
The find here, (bottom right box, upper stone brown flint?) has some clear evidence of (not much evidence) modification, agency, cognition, and has some very basic figuration possibilities.  
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