Tag: Pleistocene

  • Human Face Carved On Pebble 15000 Years Ago

    Human Face Carved On Pebble 15000 Years Ago

    There is a paucity of Palaeolithic art in the southern Levant prior to 15000 years ago. The Natufian culture (15000–11500 BP; Grosman 2013) marks a threshold in the magnitude and diversity of artistic manifestations (Bar-Yosef 1997). Nevertheless, depictions of the human form remain rare—only a few representations of the human face have been reported to…

  • The Fuss About Archaeology Conducted On Ontario Farmlands

    The Fuss About Archaeology Conducted On Ontario Farmlands

    Farmland development throughout wind-powered Ontario has resulted in the hiring of many consulting archaeologists by developers of solar panels and wind turbine farms and the public continues to wonder why so much attention is given to archaeological sites several thousand years old that hold little or no cultural value to the people who live there…