Archaeologists digging west of Stonehenge have found a child buried with a chalk hedgehog figurine. The child was buried about 3000 years ago.
Archaeologists who discovered the grave, where the child was laying on his or her side, believe the toy – perhaps placed there by a doting father – is the earliest known depiction of a hedgehog in British history. […]
Dr Joshua Pollard, of the Stonehenge Riverside Project, said: ‘Representational art from this period is very rare and so far as I’m aware, if the identification is correct, it’s the only known prehistoric depiction of a hedgehog from Britain.’
![Chalk hedgehog](http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hedgehog-150x150.jpg)
![Chalk hedgehog from the side](http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hedgehog2-150x150.jpg)
Hmm… Not quite seeing the hedgehog there. It does remind me of a Zuni animal fetish, though.