Global Approaches to Early Representations of the Human Figure
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How old is the rock art in Texas’ Lower Pecos Canyonlands? New radiocarbon dating sets it as far back as 6,000 years ago. Archaeologists think the images of animal- and human-like figures represent a sophisticated cosmology.
archaeology.org/news/2025/12/02/new-dates-obtained-for-texas-rock-art/
archaeology.org/news/2025/12/02/new-dates-obtained-for-texas-rock-art/
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How old is the rock art in Texas’ Lower Pecos Canyonlands? New radiocarbon dating sets it as far back as 6,000 years ago. Archaeologists think the images of animal- and human-like figures represent a sophisticated cosmology.
archaeology.org/news/2025/12/02/new-dates-obtained-for-texas-rock-art/
archaeology.org/news/2025/12/02/new-dates-obtained-for-texas-rock-art/
More excavation results from SE Turkey. A head carved at the base of Pre Pottery Neolithic T-Column installation. gaerhf.org#head-base-pi... . Türkiye Today article has great pics.
December 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
More excavation results from SE Turkey. A head carved at the base of Pre Pottery Neolithic T-Column installation. gaerhf.org#head-base-pi... . Türkiye Today article has great pics.
Now in GAERHF: gaerhf.org#platform-hea... . Along with a fair amount of other regional PPNA and PPNB +/-figures.
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Now in GAERHF: gaerhf.org#platform-hea... . Along with a fair amount of other regional PPNA and PPNB +/-figures.
Interesting find. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/8500... And yes, expanding the narrative of human creativity to more sites is useful.
8,500-year-old carved faces, tiny double-faced bead reshape Sefertepe’s role in Tas Tepeler - Türkiye Today
At Sefertepe in southeastern Türkiye, ancient carved faces, a double-faced bead and “skull room” reveal rich Neolithic world of symbols, ancestors
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December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Interesting find. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/8500... And yes, expanding the narrative of human creativity to more sites is useful.
Ongoing interface and content work for GAERHF. Pic shows hovering over thumbnail for bigger image. And shows that I'm pasting in text from linked websites. I'm open to many sources. Text here is translation of inscription that dates figure as found on Wiki Commons. gaerhf.org#mankuwar-bud...
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ongoing interface and content work for GAERHF. Pic shows hovering over thumbnail for bigger image. And shows that I'm pasting in text from linked websites. I'm open to many sources. Text here is translation of inscription that dates figure as found on Wiki Commons. gaerhf.org#mankuwar-bud...
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Join us online or in person for a talk from MAHSA’s Vaneshree Vidyarthi: ‘Mapping the Indian Palaeolithic’, part of the London Centre for the Ancient Near East’s Autumn seminar series.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us online or in person for a talk from MAHSA’s Vaneshree Vidyarthi: ‘Mapping the Indian Palaeolithic’, part of the London Centre for the Ancient Near East’s Autumn seminar series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcane-autu...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lcane-autu...
GAERHF talk happening November 25th at 5PM in London. "Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure" www.history.ac.uk/digital-huma... . It will be on Zoom as well. Link will be sent after registration (I think).
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
GAERHF talk happening November 25th at 5PM in London. "Deep Time and Global Scope in a Digital Project: The example of the Human Figure" www.history.ac.uk/digital-huma... . It will be on Zoom as well. Link will be sent after registration (I think).
Working on color palette for GAERHF that's more likely to be discernible by more people. The light-ish purple circle on map is current figure whose details are shown. Brown marker borders show which figures have "ivory" as a keyword. Input at top-left to select that. gaerhf.org#ivory-female...
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Working on color palette for GAERHF that's more likely to be discernible by more people. The light-ish purple circle on map is current figure whose details are shown. Brown marker borders show which figures have "ivory" as a keyword. Input at top-left to select that. gaerhf.org#ivory-female...
"Keyword Highlighting" in GAERHF more robust. Type "go" in top-left input field and you'll see options. Hover over options and relevant figures will be highlighted with green border. Click on a keyword and those markers will stay green. Current selected object is gaerhf.org#bimaran-casket
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Keyword Highlighting" in GAERHF more robust. Type "go" in top-left input field and you'll see options. Hover over options and relevant figures will be highlighted with green border. Click on a keyword and those markers will stay green. Current selected object is gaerhf.org#bimaran-casket
Interface improvement: When you hover over the image in the top pane, it expands. Definitely makes it easier to see detail. Try the so-called "Peedie Pict" from Orkney: gaerhf.org#figure-carve...
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Interface improvement: When you hover over the image in the top pane, it expands. Definitely makes it easier to see detail. Try the so-called "Peedie Pict" from Orkney: gaerhf.org#figure-carve...
HTML, CSS, and JS cleanup in GAERHF. And honestly, VS Code's Copilot a huge help! I was pretty much vibe coding. Image works better, layout less clobber its various parts, try control-shift-L to change the color scheme of markers. A slider shows/hides. Figure is gaerhf.org#head-shaped-... .
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
HTML, CSS, and JS cleanup in GAERHF. And honestly, VS Code's Copilot a huge help! I was pretty much vibe coding. Image works better, layout less clobber its various parts, try control-shift-L to change the color scheme of markers. A slider shows/hides. Figure is gaerhf.org#head-shaped-... .
The "Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi" website is very nice. Here's a link to "Classification". Click through to pages with individual examples. And click around the entire site. It's well done. I'd like to visit! statuestele.org/stele-statue...
Classification - Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi
Group A
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November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The "Museo delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi" website is very nice. Here's a link to "Classification". Click through to pages with individual examples. And click around the entire site. It's well done. I'd like to visit! statuestele.org/stele-statue...
There are now 500 figures in GAERHF. And counting... Long way to go before it's anything like comprehensive. This face from Argentina captures my mood as I think about where this all will end up. gaerhf.org#condorhuasi-... (Pic of Mask from Met Museum, Public Domain.)
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
There are now 500 figures in GAERHF. And counting... Long way to go before it's anything like comprehensive. This face from Argentina captures my mood as I think about where this all will end up. gaerhf.org#condorhuasi-... (Pic of Mask from Met Museum, Public Domain.)
Semi-functional UI development: "Keyword Highlighting". See pic. There's a small textbox at top left with "Gold". Green rings are figures with that keyword. I've clicked on a S. American beaker, highlighted in red, details in top pane. Pop-up is on hover over green marker. gaerhf.org#beaker-figur...
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Semi-functional UI development: "Keyword Highlighting". See pic. There's a small textbox at top left with "Gold". Green rings are figures with that keyword. I've clicked on a S. American beaker, highlighted in red, details in top pane. Pop-up is on hover over green marker. gaerhf.org#beaker-figur...
A new "human figure" related article: N. Sugiyama, K. Taube, S. Sugiyama, & A.T. Muñoz. 2025. "Carved monuments from Cerro Patlachique in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Carved monuments from Cerro Patlachique in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Carved monuments from Cerro Patlachique in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico
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November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A new "human figure" related article: N. Sugiyama, K. Taube, S. Sugiyama, & A.T. Muñoz. 2025. "Carved monuments from Cerro Patlachique in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/c... (Many figurines and masks illustrated in the article.) #paywall
A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/c... (Many figurines and masks illustrated in the article.) #paywall
I'm working on a substantial UI update for GAERHF. Pic shows detail for a figure in Yemen, mouse is hovering over a figure across Red Sea, and a small gallery of all figures on screen is at bottom of page. Works best slightly zoomed in. Otherwise gallery too big. Try it at gaerhf.org#qatabanian-c...
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm working on a substantial UI update for GAERHF. Pic shows detail for a figure in Yemen, mouse is hovering over a figure across Red Sea, and a small gallery of all figures on screen is at bottom of page. Works best slightly zoomed in. Otherwise gallery too big. Try it at gaerhf.org#qatabanian-c...
Quick note that I've added this Parthian "lute player" and that I'm happy to admit that I hadn't known that there is a series of Parthian musical figurines. See the linked wiki page for another example. gaerhf.org#parthian-lut... #AncientMusic
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Quick note that I've added this Parthian "lute player" and that I'm happy to admit that I hadn't known that there is a series of Parthian musical figurines. See the linked wiki page for another example. gaerhf.org#parthian-lut... #AncientMusic
I'm working on an improvement to the GAERHF user experience. Links such as gaerhf.org#standing-fem... will highlight the location in red and maintain that highlight as you hover over other figures. Big picture: The spatial and temporal context of any one figure can be explored in relation to others.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm working on an improvement to the GAERHF user experience. Links such as gaerhf.org#standing-fem... will highlight the location in red and maintain that highlight as you hover over other figures. Big picture: The spatial and temporal context of any one figure can be explored in relation to others.
I'm not going to include the "Nine Maidens" stone circle in GAERHF. It is a useful illustration of our willingness to find – to project – evocations of the human form in many contexts. No doubt a relatively recent name, which is on point. (P.s. Here's wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Ma... )
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm not going to include the "Nine Maidens" stone circle in GAERHF. It is a useful illustration of our willingness to find – to project – evocations of the human form in many contexts. No doubt a relatively recent name, which is on point. (P.s. Here's wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Ma... )
First go at getting some Scandinavian and Icelandic "Viking Period" figures into GAERHF. 1: Female Sword Bearer from Hårby. C. 800. gaerhf.org#female-sword... #ArtHistory #GlobalArtHistory
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
First go at getting some Scandinavian and Icelandic "Viking Period" figures into GAERHF. 1: Female Sword Bearer from Hårby. C. 800. gaerhf.org#female-sword... #ArtHistory #GlobalArtHistory
Overlapping conceptions of the human form from Malta and Sardinia. I don't mean that as any formal "Art Historical" statement. Just allowing for overlap in the Central Mediterranean. And beyond. 1: Bonu Ighinu Statuette from Sardiina (C. 4500 BCE) gaerhf.org#bonu-ighinu-... ... 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Overlapping conceptions of the human form from Malta and Sardinia. I don't mean that as any formal "Art Historical" statement. Just allowing for overlap in the Central Mediterranean. And beyond. 1: Bonu Ighinu Statuette from Sardiina (C. 4500 BCE) gaerhf.org#bonu-ighinu-... ... 🧵
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Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered an 11,000-year-old carved face at Karahan Tepe, offering new insight into early human expression and symbolism.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered an 11,000-year-old carved face at Karahan Tepe, offering new insight into early human expression and symbolism.
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There are now 450 entries in GAERHF. So I made a video of scrolling through the "List" view. And paused to click on a few along the way. That was a bit random. This all neither here nor there yet. Much work to do! I had to compress it a bit to get under 100 mb. #GlobalAntiquity #GlobalDH gaerhf.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There are now 450 entries in GAERHF. So I made a video of scrolling through the "List" view. And paused to click on a few along the way. That was a bit random. This all neither here nor there yet. Much work to do! I had to compress it a bit to get under 100 mb. #GlobalAntiquity #GlobalDH gaerhf.org
GAERHF is beginning - though only that! - to capture the range and time depth of representations of human figures from the Arabian Peninsula. Here's a thread in chronological order of what's been entered so far. With more lined up... #GlobalAntiquity #Arabia
October 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GAERHF is beginning - though only that! - to capture the range and time depth of representations of human figures from the Arabian Peninsula. Here's a thread in chronological order of what's been entered so far. With more lined up... #GlobalAntiquity #Arabia