JonnyMcA Wrote:
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> ... I think this "intentional cut-marks", is an
> important phrasing since the word "carving" can
> conjure up the connotation of creative art. It
> could well be that the cut marks were purely
> decorative (apparently reminiscent of decoration
> on early neolithic pottery), but we have to accept
> that it is merely a conjecture that the marks are
> 1) intentional and man made, and 2) decorative
> rather than utilitarian.

So any problem might be caused by the choice of words used to describle the object, rather than by anything on the surface of the object itself.

(There are, as we know, other even older carvings (i.e., artistic depictions) in other parts of the world, e.g. from Norway and (er ... ) this one from Turkey - not to mention this one from Gobekli Tepe.

And the Venus of Lespugue, and various forms of cave art, etc. etc. etc. etc. )

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