The 13,000-year-old engraved mammoth tusk from the Tom River, western Siberia. Image credit: Esin et al, doi: 10.1016/j.ara.2020.100180.
Posted on 09/28/2020 1:50:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The 13,000-year-old partial tusk of an adult mammoth found in western Siberia has four images of two-humped camels engraved on it.
The artifact, which measures about 70 cm (27.6 inches) in length and 10 cm (3.9 inches) in diameter, is a frontal fragment of a 1.5-m- (59-inch-) long tusk from a 35 to 40-year-old male mammoth...
The researchers radiocarbon-dated the artifact to about 13,000 years ago and spotted several incisions on it...
"All four animals (labeled as #1, 2, 3 and 4 in the image above) were executed in the same style, using similar techniques and tools... The main stylistic feature of these images is that they combine the figures' outlines with a series of short transverse cuts on the inner side. In some places, the outline is missing and the short cuts themselves serve as the contour."
"All camels are depicted with only two legs. The lower ends of the foot contours, in most cases, are not connected."
"The camels have patches of thick fur sticking out from the upper parts of their forelegs, bellies, under their necks, at the base of the humps (between the front hump and the neck, the back hump and the croup) and on their foreheads. The heads are all small and angular."
(Excerpt) Read more at sci-news.com ...
The 13,000-year-old engraved mammoth tusk from the Tom River, western Siberia. Image credit: Esin et al, doi: 10.1016/j.ara.2020.100180.
Engravings on the 13,000-year-old mammoth tusk from the Tom River, western Siberia; numbers from (1) to (5) and letters from (a) to (i) mark main images and their details. Image credit: Esin et al, doi: 10.1016/j.ara.2020.100180.
Who knew mammoths were so vain? Wonder if there were mammoth tattoo parlors also?
They must have had a thing for two-humped camels.
I once shot a mammoth in my pajamas...
Mammoth tusk porn of ancient days.
How it got in my pajamas I will never know....
So....did the camels’ humps have mammoths engraved on them?
The pre-ancient world was likely filled with art, objects of art, and artistically inspired objects for everyday use, all of which have, sadly, been lost due to their having been rendered out of and upon perishable materials.
I have every movie by them! :-)
I am 52 and I don’t recall what first got me into them.
Duck soup. A day at the races. Horsefeathers and monkey business. And A night at the Opera are all great
Sorry, not seeing the camels.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Why.....yes......I can see it perfectly.
It looks just like a twice humped camel.....or a stick.
Mammoth told me there'd be days like this.
The blue and the red one are pretty clear - though the humps are exaggerated, and only the legs on the side facing are portrayed.
All that time, and all they hadda do was dig deeper. Used to be they hit Clovis and stopped. I’m so glad that dogma is fading.
Love the writing....two hummed camels.
Is that TWO humped camels....or two HUMPED camels.....or TWO HUMPED camels?
On the reverse side of the Tusk it says Eat At Joes, menu on other side.
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