A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
The body is the substance of the stone.
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.
Just as a fossil is 'petrified time,' so is an ancient artifact or text.
As a child, l was fascinated by gemstones in the way that small children are fascinated by dinosaurs or trains. Stones seem very physical and look like sweets. You can look at them microscopically and imagine things about them.
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
Everything had to be done in-between Stones time.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
For a novelist, the great thing about the Stone Age people is that we know virtually nothing about their beliefs - which means that I get to make it up! But it's still got to be plausible.
Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.