Sunday, June 14, 2020

Ancient Toys

Split Twig Figurines - SW Virtual Museum
Split twig figurines found across roughly 2,000-year-old sites in the American Southwest. (Credit: Dan Boone & Ryan Belnap, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University)
Rondelle - National Archaeology Museum
Yarmukian zoomorphic figurine - Wikimedia CommonsA Paleolithic rondelle found in Mas d’Azil cave, France. (Credit: ©RMN - Grand Palais (National Archaeology Museum)/Loïc Hamon)
A clay animal figurine from a roughly 8,000-year-old site in present-day Israel. (Credit: Yosef Garfinkel/Wikimedia Commons)https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-ancient-toys-are-elusive-artifacts

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