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01 Paleolithic

This document contains images and references to important prehistoric art and structures from across Europe, including mammoth-bone houses in Ukraine, Paleolithic figurines like the Lion-Man and Venus of Willendorf, cave paintings from Chauvet Cave and Pech-Merle Cave in France, Altamira Cave in Spain, and Newgrange passage tomb and Stonehenge in the United Kingdom, as well as megalithic sites like Carnac in Brittany and the Ring of Brodgar in Scotland.

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Reconstruction drawing of mammoth-bone houses, Ukraine

Detail of rock-shelter painting, Cogul, Lérida, Spain

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Reconstruction drawing ofmammoth-bone houses, Ukraine
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Lion-Human
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Woman from Willendorf
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Hohle Fels Venus
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Venus of Lespugue
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Woman from OstravaPetrkovice
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Woman from Brassempouy
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Chauvet Cave
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Pech-Merle Cave
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Altamira, Spain
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Le Tuc d’Audoubert,France
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Detail of rock-shelterpainting, Cogul, Lérida, Spain
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New Grange, Ireland
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Stonehenge
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Ring of Brodgar,Orkney, Scotland
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Carnac Megaliths, Brittany(France)
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Figure of awoman , Romania
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Vessels, 3000-2000 BCE
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Horse and SunChariot
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Editor's Notes

#5 Artist: n/a Title: Prehistoric Europe Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
#6 Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction drawing of mammoth-bone houses Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 16,000–10,000 BCE Source/Museum: Ukraine
#7 Artist: n/a Title: Lion-Human Medium: Mammoth ivory Size: height 11 ⅝ &quot; (29.6 cm) Date: c. 30,000–26,000 BCE Source/Museum: Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany / Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
#8 Artist: n/a Title: Woman from Willendorf Medium: Limestone Size: height 4 ⅜ &quot; (11 cm) Date: c. 24,000 BCE Source/Museum: Austria. Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
#9 Artist: n/a Title: Hohle Fels Venus Circa 35,000 BC
#10 Venus of Lespugue
#12 Artist: n/a Title: Woman from Ostrava Petrkovice Medium: Hematite Size: height 1¾&quot; (4.6 cm) Date: c. 23,000 BCE Source/Museum: Archaeological Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
#13 Artist: n/a Title: Woman from Brassempouy Medium: Ivory Size: height 1¼ (3.6 cm) Date: Probably c 30,000 BCE Source/Museum: Grotte du Pape, Brassempouy, Landes, France. Musée des Antiquités Nationales, St-Germain-en-Laye, France
#14 Artist: n/a Title: Wall Painting with Horses, Rhinoceroses, and Aurochs Medium: Paint on limestone Size: n/a Date: c. 30,000–28,000 BCE Source/Museum: Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Ardèche Gorge, France
#15 Artist: n/a Title: Spotted Horses and Human Hands Medium: Paint on limestone Size: individual horses are over 5' (1.5 m) in length. Date: Horses 25,000–24,000 BCE; hands c 15,000 BCE Source/Museum: Pech-Merle Cave, Dordogne, France
#16 Artist: n/a Title: Bison Medium: Paint on limestone Size: length approx. 8'3&quot; (2.5 m) Date: c. 12,500 BCE Source/Museum: Ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain
#17 Altamira Bison
#18 Artist: n/a Title: Technique: Prehistoric Wall Painting Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
#19 Artist: n/a Title: Hall of Bulls Medium: Paint on limestone Size: length of the largest auroch (bull) 18' (5.50 m) Date: c. 15,000 BCE Source/Museum: Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France
#22 Artist: n/a Title: Bird-Headed Man with Bison Medium: Paint on limestone Size: length approx. 9' (2.75 m) Date: c. 15,000 BCE Source/Museum: Shaft scene in Lascaux Cave
#23 Artist: n/a Title: Bison Medium: Unbaked clay Size: length 25&quot; ( 63.5 cm) and 24&quot; (60.9 cm) Date: c. 13,000 BCE Source/Museum: Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France
#24 Artist: n/a Title: Lamp with ibex design Medium: Engraved stone Size: n/a Date: c. 15,000–13,000 BCE Source/Museum: La Mouthe Cave, Dordogne, France
#25 Artist: n/a Title: People and Animals Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 4000–2000 BCE Source/Museum: Detail of rock-shelter painting, Cogul, Lérida, Spain
#26 Artist: n/a Title: Plan, village of Skara Brae (Numbers refer to individual houses) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 3100–2600 BCE Source/Museum: Orkney Islands, Scotland
#27 Artist: n/a Title: Elements of Architecture: Post-and-Lintel and Corbel Construction Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
#28 Artist: n/a Title: House interior, Skara Brae Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: Orkney Islands, Scotland
#29 Artist: n/a Title: Tomb interior with corbeling and engraved stones Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 3000–2500 BCE Source/Museum: New Grange, Ireland
#30 Artist: n/a Title: Stonehenge Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 2750–1500 BCE Source/Museum: Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire England
#32 Artist: n/a Title: Diagram of Stonehenge Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
#35 Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
#36 Carnac Megaliths, Brittany (France)
#37 Artist: n/a Title: Figure of a woman Medium: Ceramic Size: height 4½&quot; (11.5 cm) Date: c. 3500 BCE Source/Museum: Cernavoda, Romania; National Historical Museum, Bucharest
#38 Artist: n/a Title: Figure of a man Medium: Ceramic Size: height 4½&quot; (11.5 cm) Date: c. 3500 BCE Source/Museum: Cernavoda, Romania; National Historical Museum, Bucharest
#39 Artist: n/a Title: Vessels, 3000-2000 BCE Medium: Ceramic Size: heights range 5¾&quot; to 12¼&quot; (14.5 to 31 cm) Date: c. 3000–2000 BCE Source/Museum: Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
#40 Artist: n/a Title: Horse and Sun Chariot Medium: Bronze Size: length 23¼&quot; (59.2 cm) Date: c. 1800–1600 BCE Source/Museum: Trundholm, Denmark . National Museum, Copenhagen
#41 Artist: n/a Title: Schematic drawing of incised design, Horse and Sun Chariot Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a

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