LEGEND: From when and where did master sculpturists arise? What theme characterized their art and how did it propagate through the ages? By master sculpturists, it is meant those who attained perfection in micro (small) lithic (stone) work. The first perfection is seen in meticulous, perfectly tooled, uniformly reccuring, juxtaposed rows of spheres or clusters, representing hair [1 & 2]: i.e. the grape-cluster, wooly-hair coiffure. RADIATION: It spread from the [A] Upper Paleolithic, Old Stone Age, 25,000 ya. [ 1, 2 ]. For 18,000 years, this art seems hidden until: [B] Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age, 7000 BC. [ 3 ]. From Eastern Europe, it appears to go southward: [C] African and & Near Eastern Bronze Age, 3000 – 2000 BC. [ 4 - 7]. Followed by the: [D] Worldwide Bronze and Iron Age, 900 BC – 700 AD to 1100 AD when this rock sculpture ends. [ 8 - 19 ] . If we follow where facts lead, we see that (20) bears the body form of (1) and (2) and the grape-cluster hair-coiffure of them all. What can be said of this possible link? Lands with this art form not connected to the Afro-Eurasian mainland [e.g. Japan (18), Mexico (8), Costa Rica (9) ] can only be reached via boat. Are there ocean currents rotating between Afro-Eurasia and these places? Yes. See map below: [E] Ocean Currents: And, do ancient boats exist? Yes. [F] Ancient Boats (22) Egypt, 7MBC (23) Nigeria, 6MBC Do the existence of boats & currents leave open the possibility of the grape-coiffure art hair forms transversing the ages & continents? art, art history, Paul Marc Washington, paleoneolithic@yahoo.com

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