The 24,000-Year-Old Boy Buried Beneath A Stone Slab With 120 Beads And Mammoth-Ivory Jewelry — And The DNA Test That Revealed A Hidden Source Of Native American Ancestry
The bird carvings are among the most artistically compelling objects from the burial.
The birds — their species, if identifiable at all, is a matter of some debate among researchers who have studied the pieces — were carved with attention to the essential features of avian anatomy: the overall body form, the head, the beak, the suggestion of wings.
They are not photorealistic — no prehistoric carved bird is — but they are recognizably birds in a way that demonstrates the maker’s familiarity with and attention to actual avian forms.
These objects survive because they were made from materials — ivory, bone — that are more durable than most organic materials.
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