Later Acheulian Marking Motifs II - Other Sites / d)cmm8

"Figure 8. Engraved markings from Lower (a-c) and Middle (d-f) Palaeolithic contexts, showing consistencies in marking arrangements" (Bednarik 1995:614).

Comment: (a) Stránská Skála, Brno, CZ, c. 600-700,000 BP, 'divergent line' motif; (b) Bilzingsleben, OIS11 c. 400,000 BP, object #1=208.33, 'divergent line' motif; (c) Bilzingsleben, object #3=260.55, 'convergent line' motif; (d) Prolom II, Crimea, Micoquian, on modified phalanx; (e) Prolom II, Crimea, Micoquian, on bone splinter; (f) Prolom II, Crimea, Micoquian, on horse canine.

Illustrations © Bednarik, R.G. (1995). Concept-mediated marking in the Lower Paleolithic. Current Anthropology 36,4:605-634. Figure 8.