ROCKS THAT LOOK LIKE EFFIGIES

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[uglymailman]

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Had this looked at and they said it was natural. Sure looked like the one in the book.

 

[Fred250]

Buffalo effigy preform

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Rock.

 

[dirstscratcher]

So you don't believe in effigies

When I found this piece, I assumed it was some sort of tool, and still do. But the similarity to a bison is uncanny. It was chipped to shape and all edges ground smooth. Amazingly, the bottom has been ground table top smooth.
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[diggingthe1]

A few out of my collection of geological curiosities. All natural, folks. Only the first one was found in context with artefacts, suggesting that it might have been curated for the same reason that I carried it home... but it's definitely NOT in any way man-made or modified to be an effigy.

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Hi Red-Coat, we find simular rocks in Utah to the ones you have that are rounded. We call them Moqui marbles. Here is a link about them. https://www.livescience.com/amp/47936-how-moqui-marbles-form.html

 

[Red-Coat]

Hi Red-Coat, we find simular rocks in Utah to the ones you have that are rounded. We call them Moqui marbles. Here is a link about them. https://www.livescience.com/amp/47936-how-moqui-marbles-form.html

Yes, the small one came from Utah and is a 'Moqui Marble' variant. The large one is a glacial mud concretion from Washington State.

 

[Madmox]

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This effigy is totally of average size!

 

[nunyabiz111]

 

[boogeyman]

pertaining to the title:

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If you rotate the last loc clockwise it looks like a childs doll or female in a dress. You might have something cooler than you think!

 

[nunyabiz111]

^^'swimming like a fish' is what I always got out of it.

seeing as this thread already has a peen rock or two:

 

[unclemac]

bunch of just rocks there folks, paleo man wasn't primitive man. If he would have wanted to make an effigy, he would have made an effigy and we wouldn't have to be guessing if it was.

 

[Fred250]

There are much better examples of rock art, and yet you still see stuff like this. Don’t think that argument holds water.

 

[MAMucker]

bunch of just rocks there folks, paleo man wasn't primitive man. If he would have wanted to make an effigy, he would have made an effigy and we wouldn't have to be guessing if it was.

Couldn’t agree with you more!
I’ll go even further...
The art and craft work that we see in the established record shows extremely high intelligence, imagination and genius equal to ours. Though the technology was primitive, the creativity and skill was not.
These rocks -(if anything can be assumed about them) are Rocks that vaguely resemble things; the same way we see images in the clouds.

 

[MAMucker]

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There are much better examples of rock art, and yet you still see stuff like this. Don’t think that argument holds water.

Are you sure that’s rock art? Fred250?

 

[Charl]

Clam Man, my favorite effigy....

 

[MAMucker]

Clam Man, my favorite effigy....

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HA! I love Clam Man!

 

[Fred250]

“Sistine chapel of the Amazon”

Surely they could produce better paintings but this is what they did.

 

[unclemac]

Painting tools and paint were much less advanced for nomadic and less sedentary folk than lithics were, you know that and still you try to obfuscate. .... and masks don't protect you from viruses either, just ask surgeons...