stone painting

Painted stones

Have you ever seen or even found a painted stone? It brings good luck! These lucky stones have only one purpose: to make people happy!

Painted or labeled stones can be laid out outside or simply given to others as a gift. The small, colorful pebbles can bring little moments of happiness to those who create them as well as those who find them. The colorful stones make every walk as exciting as an Easter egg hunt.

origin of stone painting

The phenomenon of "painted rocks", "hiking stones" or "wandering stones" has been known in North America for a long time. "Painted Pebbles" is the English term for painted pebbles. "Painted Pebbles" can also be seen in the Scottish National Museum in Edinburgh.

Several painted stones were also excavated in the Hohle Fels near Schelklingen. Some of these stones have double rows of red dots on limestone rubble. These painted stones date from the late Paleolithic period (Magdalenian) and are around 15,000 years old.

But there are also other historical sites:

Pebbles painted with red paint are typical for the Mas d'Azil site. The decoration here consists of red, mostly circular dots, the meaning of which is still unclear. Similar stones painted with red lines, dots or rows of dots have also been found in other European sites, for example in the Abri Dufaure, in Espelugues, La Tourasse, Marsoulas and other caves in the Ariège region. In addition, there are painted pebbles or limestone slabs in Late Magdalenian sites in Central Europe, for example in Birseck, more precisely: Eremitage Arlesheim (Switzerland), in the Hohlen Fels (Swabian Alb) and in the Klausenhöhle (Lower Altmühl Valley, Bavaria). The French archaeologist Claude Couraud distinguishes four types of painted stones from the Azilian or Late Magdalenian.

Further information is still in progress!