Boukoulian, Netherlands, c. 400,000 BP / o)boukan13

Boukoul workbenches with figuration and other subjects. A full report on the Boukoulian is given in Van Es, J. and Franssen, C.J.H. (1989). Een vroege microkern-traditie van de Peelhorst het Boukoulien. Archaeologische Berichten 19:6-25;93-133. Elst, NL.

J. van Es and J. E. Musch identify these artifacts as various worktools used in the making of Boukoulian tools and palaeoart. 1 'percussion stone'; 2 vertical 'workbench'; 3 vertical 'workbench' with two human images; 4 vertical 'workbench' with portrait; 6, 7 'auxilliary'; 5 with 'annotations'; 8-10 'workbenches' with 'ape-head' stylization (type 'Gross Pampau'); 11 juvenile portrait; 12 'kissing couple'; 13 has anvil marks on neck and behind.

Illustration © S. Dijsktra. In (1989). Special issue on Boukoul/Coquelles. Archaeologische Berichten 19. Elst, NL; pl. 13.