Archaeologists have found a 7,000-year-old statue that looks like a stranger.
Researchers discovered an unusual feature while digging at a site in Kuwait called Bahra 1.
They described the clay figure as having ‘a small, well-formed head, slanted eyes, a flat nose and a long skull’.
It resembles a stranger, or a Sorting Hat from Harry Potter permission.
Although it may seem strange, this style was common in ancient Meopotamia, although it is the first time it has been found in Kuwait or the Arabian Gulf.
The archaeologists who discovered it described the find as ‘awesome’.
“(The discovery) of the statue shocked the whole group,” said Agnieszka Szymczak, the expedition’s leader. Life Sciences.
“It was the first such find not only among the more than 1.5k (1,500) small finds excavated at the Bahra 1 site but also from the Arabian Gulf region.”
Archaeologists have found a 7,000-year-old statue that looks strange.
Researchers discovered an unusual feature while digging at a site in Kuwait called Bahra 1
They described the clay figure as having ‘a small, well-formed head, with round eyes, a flat nose and a long skull’.
A joint Kuwaiti-Polish team has excavated one of the oldest settlements in the Arabian Peninsula, dating from 5500 to 4900 BC.
The researchers say that although the find is similar to figurines from the Neolithic Ubaid group, it is the first of its kind to be found in the Gulf region.
Professor Piotr Bieli* ski, from the University of Warsaw’s Mediterranean Archeology center, said: ‘The discovery of this statue on our website raises interesting questions about its purpose and the symbolic, and perhaps ritual, meaning it had for the people living in the area. .’
Another important discovery sees the confirmation of local pottery production.
Since the beginning of research at the Bahra 1 site, two types of vessels have been found.
These include imported pottery related to the Ubaid culture and a completely different pottery, known as Coarse Red Ware (CRW), which is also known from other contemporary sites in the Arabian Peninsula.
CRW pots have been seen as a local product, but so far there is no evidence as to where they were made.
An important discovery was the discovery of an unfired clay vessel, which helped to confirm that Bahra 1 is the oldest known pottery-making site in the Gulf region.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT STONE AGE HISTORY?
The Stone Age is a period of human history distinguished by the early development of stone tools that encompasses more than 95 percent of the history of human technology.
It begins with the first use of stone tools by hominins, the ancestors of humans, in the Old Stone Age – from 3.3 million years ago.
Between about 400,000 and 200,000 years ago, the pace of modern technology began to accelerate slightly, a period known as the Middle Stone Age.
At the beginning of this period, handaxes were very well made. This eventually gave way to smaller, more varied weapons, with an emphasis on flake weapons rather than large-scale weapons.
The Stone Age is a period of human history distinguished by the early development of stone tools that includes more than 95 percent of the history of human technology. This photo shows neolithic jadeitite axes from the Museum of Toulouse
These tools were developed at least 285,000 years ago in parts of Africa, and 250,000 to 200,000 years ago in Europe and parts of western Asia. These tools date back to 50,000 to 28,000 years ago.
During the Stone Age, new tools rose and technology increased.
Homo sapien groups experimented with various materials such as bone, ivory, horn, and stone.
This period, between 50,000 and 39,000 years ago, also coincides with the arrival of modern human behavior in Africa.
Different groups wanted to have their own culture and adopt their own methods of production.
Later Stone Age people and their technologies spread to Africa over the next several thousand years.
