Stickmaker (
stickmaker) wrote2013-02-02 10:51 am
Anthropomorphic Art May be the Oldest Art
Wow.
The Lion Man mammoth tusk ivory statuette has been redated to 40k years old:
http://archive.archaeology.org/1203/features/stadelhole_hohlenstein_paleolithic_lowenmensch.html
Oops; that's the wrong link, an older one from 2011. Here is the right one:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ice-Age-iLion-Mani-is-worlds-earliest-figurative-sculpture/28595
The Lion Man mammoth tusk ivory statuette has been redated to 40k years old:
http://archive.archaeology.org/1203/features/stadelhole_hohlenstein_paleolithic_lowenmensch.html
Oops; that's the wrong link, an older one from 2011. Here is the right one:
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ice-Age-iLion-Mani-is-worlds-earliest-figurative-sculpture/28595