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The History of God
FIELD No. 7C59
Visual depiction of A Homo habilis knapping a flint hand axe at a kill site in East Africa

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Vol. I · Animism

A Homo habilis knapping a flint hand axe at a kill site in East Africa

surrounded by bones

first toolmaker, warm ochre and sienna palette, loose brushwork, sharp focus, 4K detail

Organization
Animistic Spirit Traditions
Time period
Pre-history – present
Location
Worldwide

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how natural-natural-other has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

Visual depiction of A manatee drifting slowly through shallow coastal sea grass

A manatee drifting slowly through shallow coastal sea grass

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 Visual depiction of An Iguanodon foraging in an Early Cretaceous wetland

An Iguanodon foraging in an Early Cretaceous wetland

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 Visual depiction of A colony of sea anemones in a tidal pool

A colony of sea anemones in a tidal pool

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 Visual depiction of A red kite riding a thermal above green English countryside

A red kite riding a thermal above green English countryside

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 Visual depiction of The Triassic dawn — first dinosaurs small and cautious in a world of archosaurs — warm rust and early morning gold palette

The Triassic dawn — first dinosaurs small and cautious in a world of archosaurs — warm rust and early morning gold palette

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 Visual depiction of A Hyaenodon — top predator of the Oligocene — running down prey across an open plain

A Hyaenodon — top predator of the Oligocene — running down prey across an open plain

natural-natural-other