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Venus of Willendorf,
Willendorf, Austria,
28,000 B.C.E. - 25,000 B.C.E
Limestone
Approximately 4 1/2" tall |
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Makapansgat Pebble
water-worn pebble resembling a human face.
From: Makapansgat, South Africa 3,000,000 B.C.E.
Reddish-brown Jasperite.
2 1/2" wide |
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Animal facing left
Apollo 11 cave, Namibia,
23,000 B.C.E.
Charcol on Stone
approx. 5" x 4 1/4" |
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Human with Feline head
Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany
30,000-28,000 BCE
Mammoth Ivory,
11 3/4" high. |
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Woman holding a bison horn
Laussel, Dordogne, France.
25,000-20,000 BCE
Painted limestone
approx. 1' 6" high. |
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Reclining woman,
rock-cut relief
La Magdelaine Cave, Tarn, France.
12,000 BCE
half-size life. |
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Two bison,
Reliefs in cave at La Tuc d'Audoubert, Ariege, France.
15,000-10,000 BCE
clay,
each approx. 2' long. |
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Bison with turned head
fragmentary spearthrower.
La Madeleine, Dordogne, France.
12,000 BCE
Reindeer horn
approx. 4" long. |
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Bison
detail of a painted ceiling
Altamira cave, Santander, Spain
12,000-11,000 BCE
Each approx. 5' long |
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Spotted horses and negative handprint
wall painting, Pech-Merle, Lot, France.
22,000 BCE
Approx. 11' 2" long. |
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Hall of the Bulls,
Lascaux, Dordogne, France.
15,000-13,000 BCE
Largest bull aprox. 11' 6" long. |
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Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses,
wall painting
Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche, France.
30,000-28,000 BCE, or 15,000-13,000 BCE
Approx. half life-size |
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Rhinocerose and wounded man, and disembowled bison
wall painting
Lascaux, Dordegne, France.
15,000-13,000 BCE
Approx. 3' 8" long. |
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Stone tower,
built into settlement tower.
Jericho,
8,000-7,000 BCE
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Human figure,
Ain Ghazal, Jordan
6750-6250 BCE
plaster, painted and inlaid with cowerie shell and bitumen,
3' 5 3/4" high. |
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Deer hunt,
detail of a wall painting
Level III, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey.
5750 BCE
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Landscape with volcanic eruption
detail of a watercolor copy of a wall-painting
Level III, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey.
6150 BCE |
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Stonehenge,
Salisbury Plains, Wiltshire, England.
25,000 BCE - 16,000 BCE
97' in diameter
trilithons
approx. 24' high. |
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