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| Animal facing left, from the Apollo 11 Cave, Namibia, ca. 23,000 B.C. Drawing in charcoal on stone of an animal facing left. Approx. 5" x 4 1/4 |
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Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C. MAMMOTH IVORY, 11 5/8" HIGH. ULMER MUSEUM, ULM.
A statuette carved from mammoth ivory of a human with a feline head. |
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| Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf),from Willendorf,Austria, ca. 28,000-25,000 B.C. LIMESTONE, APPROX. 4 1/4" HIGH. NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM, VIENNA.
A limestone statuette with exaggerated anatomical features |
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-5 Woman holding a bison horn, from Laussel, Dordogne, France, ca. 25,000-20,000 B.C. PAINTED LIMESTONE, APPROX. 1' 6" HIGH. MUSE'E D'AQUITAINE, BORDEAUX.
A relief sculpture of a nude woman with exaggerated breasts, abdomen, and hips |
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Reclining woman, rock-cut relief, La Magdelaine cave, Tarn, France, ca. 12,000 B.C. APPROX. HALF LIFE-SIZE.
Rock-cut relief of a reclining nude woman |
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Bison with turned head, from La Madeleine, Dordogne, France, ca. 12,000 B.C.
A relief carving of a bison on a reindeer antler, approx. 4" long. |
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| Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the Altamira cave, Santander, Spain, ca. 12,000-11,000 B.C. EACH BISON APPROX. 8' LONG |
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| Spotted horses and negative hand imprints, wall painting in the cave at Pech-Merle, Lot, France, ca. 22,000 B.C. APPROX. 11' 2" LONG |
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| Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C. LARGEST BULL APPROX. 11' 6" LONG. |
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| Aurochs, horses, and rhinoceroses, wall painting in Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, France, ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C. APPROX. HALF LIFE-SIZE. |
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| Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, painting in the well, Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C. BISON APPROX. 3' 8" LONG |
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| Human skull with restored features, Jericho, ca. 7000-6000 B.C. Features molded in plaster, painted, and inlaid with shell. Archeological Museum, Amman |
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The first known permanent stone fortifications were built at Jericho.
Great stone tower built into the settlement wall, Jericho, ca. 8000-7000 B.C. |
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| Schematic reconstruction drawing of a section of level VI, Çatal Hüyük (Turkey), ca. 6000-5,900 B.C. (after J. Mellaart). |
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| Landscape with volcanic eruption (?), detail of a copy of a wall painting from level VII, Çatal Hüyük (Turkey), ca. 6150 B.C. |
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| Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, aerial view, ca. 2 2550-1600 B.C. CIRCLE IS 97' DIAMETER; TRILITHONS APROX. 24' HIGH |
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