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Waterworn pebble, resembling a human face, found in Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 30,000,000
Reddish-brown jasperite 2 3/8 inch wide. |
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Venus of Willendorf
Austria 28,000 - 20,000 BC Limestone Paleolithic |
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Human with feline head
Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany ca. 30,000 - 28,000 BC Mammoth ivory 11 5/8 inch high One of the oldest known sculptures It is not certain if it is a composite creature or a human wearing an animal mask. |
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Hall of the Bulls,
Lascaux, France 15,000 - 13,000 BC Paleolithic |
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Woman holding Bison Horn
Laussel, France 25,000 - 20,000 BC Paleolithic Relief sculpture, painted limestone |
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Spotted horses and negative hand imprints
wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, France, ca. 22,000 BC 11' 22" long Paleolithic |
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Animal facing left
From the Apollo 11 Cave Namibia ca. 23,000 BC Charcoal on stone 5" x 4 1/4" State Museum of Namibia, Windhoek |
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Two bisons
Reliefs Le Tuc d'Audoubert, France ca. 15,000 - 10,000 BC Clay each 2' long |
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Bison with turned head
fragmentary spearthrower La Madeleine, France ca. 12,000 BC reindeer horn 4" long |
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Chinese Horse
Lascaux, France ca. 15,000 - 13,000 BC |
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Human skull with restored features
Jericho ca. 7,000- 6,000 BCE. Religious connection to ancestors; ancestors live with the living families after their death |
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Human figure
Ain Ghazal, Jordan ca. 6750 - 6250 BC Plaster painted and inlaid with bitumen 3' 5 3/8" high Louvre, Paris |
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Restored view of a section of Level VI
Catal Hoyuk, Turkey ca. 6,000 - 5,900 BC 12 successive building levels no streets, openings in the roofs provided access to the interiors |
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Landscape painting with volcanic eruption (?)
Wallpainting from Level VII, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey ca. 6150 BC |
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Rhinoceros, wounded man and disemboweled bison,
Painting in the well of the cave at Lascaux, France ca. 15,000 - 13,000 BC Bison 3' 8" long |
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Skara Brae, Scotland
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Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, England 2550 - 1600 BC Neolithic Circle is 97' in diameter Trilithons 24' high |
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Prehistoric Sites in Europe
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Neolithic Sites in Anatolia and the Near East
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