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Clay sculpture, 15,000 years old…

Back in 1912, the three sons of a local count were exploring a cave in the foothills of the Pyrenees (one of the core areas for Palaeolithic parietal art), and discovered the marks of prehistoric people within, including this bull and cow bison pair moulded out of the cave wall clay and propped against a boulder on the ground, then left for many millennia. The preservation is remarkable considering the time span and the unfired nature of the clay. The only damage are a few cracks due to desiccation.

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Historic rock art possibly vandalized by geology trip

Although it’s hard to see in this photo, the rock beneath this newly scrawled message was painted by Native Americans some 700+ years ago. This rock is found in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in Central Utah.

A geology class from the Ohio State University has visited this site as part of a summer field trip for several decades, and apparently they did not know that the site contained historic rock art. This new writing was reported on one of the sites after their trip earlier this year.

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