Arago, Bilzingsleben, Vértesszöllös, c. 400,000 BP / h)vheads

Microlithic ‘pebbletools’ ('Buda tradition') from Vértesszöllös, Hungary, excavated Dr. Lazlo Vértes 1963-1968. (Site dating is not secure as various dating techniques yield OIS 7, 9 or 11).

Photographs of two artifacts identified by Th. Dikjkstra as human heads. See illustration of these and other artifacts identified as representational art in preceding slide.

Photo © Th. Dijkstra. Dijkstra, T. (1990). Vértesszöllös: The abode of Homo palaeohungaricus. Archaeologische Berichten 20:76.