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January 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. Measurements: 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Seven rock crystal tools were recovered from the lower Mousterian layer of the Merveilles rockshelter, six of which can be seen in my photo, one was out on loan when I visited the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
My photo shows a museum display of six stone tools made of translucent rock crystal against a dark background, held in place by thin metal supports. Each tool is irregular in shape, with sharp jagged edges and sharp tips for cutting or scraping.
January 17, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Something beautiful for the weekend! ✨

A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.

From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.

Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me

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My photo shows a slightly ovoid-shaped tool knapped from yellow-tinged rock crystal. It is mounted for display against a grey background. Described as a scraper (racloir) by the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, it measures 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm. It was recovered from a Mousterian (Neanderthal) level in the Abri Des Merveilles rockshelter in France. The rock shelter was excavated by the American School of Prehistoric Research for a number of seasons from 1924 onwards, led by George Grant MacCurdy who documented that this rock crystal tool (and six others) were excavated from the lower level of the shelter together with a lithic assemblage (flint handaxes, scrapers and points) identified as Mousterian i.e. associated with Neanderthals. He suggested the original source of the rock crystal was some 90 miles north of the Merveilles rockshelter “near to and beyond the headwaters of the Vézère in the direction of Limousin and Puy-de-Dome” He suggested the rock crystal was either brought to the cave, or was carried away from its source by the river Vézère and then picked up from the riverbed by neanderthals. The info label at the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale reads: ‘Neanderthals were the first to show their interest in non-utilitarian objects: collection and transport of fossils and minerals, use of dyes such as ochre or haematite, choice of aesthetic raw materials for cut tools, such as rock crystal from Sergeac or opal jasper from Fontmaure’
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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"Over time research ethics shifted bit by bit to ensure subjects were willing, as such participation a privilege. Subjectivity has no place in Imperial funded projects."

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January 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Not sure if staring at a life image is any better than a hologram, but hey, progress is progress...

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January 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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🎵 Sonando en A la Hora Señalada Sábado 🎵:

Rockshelter Duo
👤 Ernst Reijseger
💿 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
⏳ 00:03:35

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December 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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🎵 Sonando en A LA HORA SEÑALADA DIARIO 🎵:

Rockshelter
👤 Ernst Reijseger
💿 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
⏳ 00:03:12

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December 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in the east of Oregon may be the oldest discovered human settlement in North America, but could it be predated by the Gault Site in Texas? Or predated by Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania? Let's find out in this video!

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Oldest Human Settlement, Oregon Rimrock Draw Rockshelter
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December 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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"On the day of his daughter's disappearance the rituals Qiáng follows seem to most unhealthy, but he cannot live without them..."

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December 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Oued Bousmane, Algeria, is a striking rockshelter on Djebel Dyr. The Late Pleistocene sediments in the site contain stone assemblages of the kind categorized as Aterian across North Africa, although with few of the tanged points that are the type indicator of that industry.

Photo: Nadia Bahra
A stone natural amphitheater with rockshelter beneath
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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"Catching up when the day starts bad, it is likely to go worse. Way worse. Curo should have just stayed in bed..."

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December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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105,000 years ago, Homo sapiens left their mark at Gamohana Hill North Rockshelter in the Kalahari. They crafted points from galaxy tuff, a 2.4-billion-year-old glass-like stone. Not just a rock, but evidence of skill, planning, and ingenuity.

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December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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One touch is the pivot, the tiniest of seeds from where the Empire starts to crumble.

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November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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The Meadowcroft Rockshelter in is a unique place to visit a shelter built by the region’s first inhabitants 19,000 years ago! https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/whats-on/meadowcroft/exhibits/indian-village/

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November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Thinking about thinking, what a waste of time... Let's overthink this somewhere else!

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November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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"It is so nice to be a creature of habit, while you think you are in control of everything. Alas, this is the last day before Mountain's downfall..."

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November 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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It is hard not to be a nepo-baby, but Curo is resisting as hard he can. Too bad descendant-cy is not a choice..."

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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The only joy of travel is getting where you wanted to go. Travel itself, well, it just sucks...

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November 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Every day secrets are kept and revealed. Some are just a bit more personal than others...

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November 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The rockshelter at La Ferrassie in the Dordogne of southern France contained the remains of several Neanderthals. The most complete of the skeletons was La Ferrassie 1, who lived an estimated 70,000 to 50,000 years ago. His body like the others was buried, likely by members of his group. #inktober
Line drawing of a Neanderthal skull with many fragments and missing portions viewed from the front
October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Meadowcroft Rockshelter is an archaeological site outside Pittsburgh. It was inhabited for more than 16,000 (maybe 19,000) years and thus is the longest continuously occupatied site in the Americas. backpackandsnorkel.c...
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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#考古学のおやつ 2/2
▶ Amber M. VanDerwarker 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙.(2025) Early evidence of avocado domestication from El Gigante Rockshelter, Honduras. 𝑃𝑁𝐴𝑆, 122 (10) e2417072122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Song discovers something significant. What does it mean? The implications has ramifications at a global level...

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October 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Curro is filtering the familiar. Will he prove his father wrong? What terrible fate awaits him back home?

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October 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM