One Eye Open, One Eye Missing

I am always pleased to find this kind of stone in the fields. When the sun is shining, it takes on a glow in the soil which makes it easy to spot. I'm assuming that ancient man noticed and appreciated this glowing quality too because invariably, there are images of faces in them.

This stone is a good example of the Paleolithic rock art motif of "One Eye Open, One Eye Missing" which has been discussed in various articles published on the Archaeology of Portable Rock Art website including this one.

It almost looks as if there is a fish coming out of the one eye; with a turn of the hand, another face appears; then, the eye becomes a mouth which is eating the fish. It might not be a fish, but that's my guess.

 

Little Bird

The shape of this little bird reminds me of one that was featured in an October 17, 2012 article on the Archaeology of Portable Rock Art website.

 

Another Little Stone

I can see all kinds of images in this little stone.



Janus Stone

I think of this stone as the Janus Stone because it has two distinct faces with one looking to the left and the other straight forward. The right side is flat. I think of it as a bird, but it also has human and reptilian qualities.

According to ancient Roman myth, Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions--of gates, doors and doorways, passages and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces because he looks both to the past and the future.

Its glassy eye looks a bit like one featured in a March 20, 2015 article "Left eye missing face mask on a cobble from Texas has glassy right eye" on the Archaeology of Portable Rock Art website.

Small Stone With Many Faces

How is it that one small stone can have so many faces? These are a few of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Stone With An Unusual Shape and Markings

Back in 2005, I noticed this stone on the same day that I found the turtle. It was quite close in proximity to it and seemed to have an unusual shape. When I picked it up, I could see that there was a rather strange-looking image that was darker than the rest of the stone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It reminded me of a First Nations' teepee. I have no idea whether this dark image is a natural part of the stone or if it was added by a human hand. The archaeological fellow who looked at it said it wasn't a native artifact.

If that's the case, I marvel at the fabulous job which nature has done with this particular stone and how it has created what looks like:

An animal head complete with teeth

A human face

A Face with a pointed nose, googly eyes and layers of chipping.

 

And one more close-up that looks a bit reptilian.

 If it's the work of Mother Nature, she outdid herself in creating this particular work of art.