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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 1564393, member: 55"]I totally vote for natural. This is a natural rock which has been in a fire, and I'm sure there were lots of fires in the area you are describing. These are exactly the kinds of marks that a fire leaves, as carbon is deposited and reduced in the flames. Anyone who has made a campfire with a ring of stones has seen this sort of mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>If one were to think "man-made," then how? Painted on? but that is carbon, and not paint; and there is no known historic tradition of decorating stones with carbon. And if man-made: is this the best they could do, to draw a bird - or an arrowhead - or a portrait of Abraham Lincoln - that looks like a big blob? Really, the ancients were not idiots. If this were intentional, it would not need our imaginations to determine what it was.</p><p><br /></p><p>My experience with native artifacts leads me to believe that there are no native-made artifacts that look like this; and in an internet search, I've been unable to find anything like it. That usually doesn't mean something is rare and unusual - but rather that it is too common to be featured much on the internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 1564393, member: 55"]I totally vote for natural. This is a natural rock which has been in a fire, and I'm sure there were lots of fires in the area you are describing. These are exactly the kinds of marks that a fire leaves, as carbon is deposited and reduced in the flames. Anyone who has made a campfire with a ring of stones has seen this sort of mark. If one were to think "man-made," then how? Painted on? but that is carbon, and not paint; and there is no known historic tradition of decorating stones with carbon. And if man-made: is this the best they could do, to draw a bird - or an arrowhead - or a portrait of Abraham Lincoln - that looks like a big blob? Really, the ancients were not idiots. If this were intentional, it would not need our imaginations to determine what it was. My experience with native artifacts leads me to believe that there are no native-made artifacts that look like this; and in an internet search, I've been unable to find anything like it. That usually doesn't mean something is rare and unusual - but rather that it is too common to be featured much on the internet.[/QUOTE]
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