California Archaeology – Archaeological Illustrations

Below are definitions and drawings of various artifacts related to prehistoric Southern California.

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Artwork

Incised Limb Appliqué: Exterior, Interior, and Profile

Coast of Puerto Rico 40-60AD

Early Bronze Age Pots Illustrated for UCSD

This is a photo of a drawing Oct. 2021. Early Bronze Pottery, Jordan. Fun to do.

Applique sherd from Puerto Rico pot circa 40-60 AD. Always pencil first!

Completed Applique. Both a detailed and a line drawing best represents the artifact.

Coast of Puerto Rico Body Sherd with Foot Applique

Jordan – Early Bronze Age

SDCAS’ Celebrating the Art in Archaeology art show for 2021: Winner, Donna Walker for 1st Place in line drawings and also Best of Show!

“Where’s My Comb” SDCAS Celebrating Art in Archaeology Oct. 2021.

Turtle Scraper

Ceramics – Lug handle from Jordan with exterior, profile and interior views.

Finished Steatite Bead

Venus of Willendorf – illustrated using a replica.

Ceramic sherd with comb markings. Scale 1:1

Jordan – Interesting vessel with a bowl in the handle; possibly for pouring.

Mano

Fluted Point

A French curve ruler is good for drawing and inking in curved vessels like this one.

Completed Curved Vessel Early Bronze Age (Diagonal lines indicate burnishing). Note: Scale is 1:2 because of it’s size.

Donut Stone – wear zones indicate it may have been used for polishing.

Jordan Pottery

Ceramic sherd with designs are drawn as if the design is intact.

Shells in pen and ink and Prismacolor.

Project: Map of Negev Desert, Israel. The Journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant Figure 5: Simplified geological map indicating major geological formations in the vicinity of the archaeological sites with ceramic samples included in this study (based on Sneh et al. 1998. Prepared by D. Walker). Article Citation: Margie M. Burton, Patrick S. Quinn, Anthony Tamberino & Thomas E. Levy (2018) Ceramic composition at Chalcolithic Shiqmim, northern Negev desert, Israel: investigating technology and provenance using thin section petrography, instrumental geochemistry and calcareous nannofossils, Levant, 50:2, 237-257, DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2019.1625656

“House of the Ladies” in Akrotiri on Thera. Fresco of a Minoan woman illustrated in Prismacolor.

Obsidian Point

The Popular Atlatl