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Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the Altamira Cave
Altamira Cave, Santander, Spain
ca.12,000-11,000 BCE
Each Bison approx, 5' long.
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Waterworn pebble ressembling a human face
Makapansgat, South Africa
ca. 3,000,000
Reddish brown jasperite, approx 3/8
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| Animal facing left from the Apollo 11 cave, Namibia ca. 23,000 BCE Charcoal on stone, approx 5"x4" State Museum of Namibia, Windhock |
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| Human with feline head, Holhenstein-Staded, Germany ca. 30,000-28,000 BCE Mammoth ivory, 11(5/8)" high Ulmer Museum, Ulm. |
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| Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf) Willendorf, Austria ca. 28,000-25,000 BCE Limestone approx. 4(1/4)" high Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Woman holding a bison horn, Laussel, Dordogne, France ca, 25,000-20,000 BCE Painted Limestone, approx. 1'6" high. Musee d' Aquintaine, Bordeaux |
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| Reclining Woman, rock-cut relief La Magdeline cave, Tarn, France ca, 12,000 BCE Approx. Half Life-Size |
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| Two bisons, Reliefs in cave Le Tuc d'Audoubert, Ariége, France ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE Clay each approx. 2' long |
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| Bison with turned head Fragmentary Spearthrower La Madeline, Dordogne, France ca. 12,000 BCE Reindeer Horn, approx. 4" long Reunion des Musees Nationaux |
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| Spotted Horse and negative hand imprints Wall painting in the cave Pech-Merle, Lot, France ca. 22,000 BCE Approx. 11'2" long. |
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| Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, Dordogne, France ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE Largest bull approx 11'6" long. |
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| Aurochs, Horses, and Rhinoceroses Wall Painting Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardeche, France ca. 30,000-28,000 or 15-000-13,000 BCE Approx. Half Life-Size |
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| Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison, Painting in the wall, Lascaux, Dordogne, France ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE Bison approx. 3'8" long. |
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| Great stone tower built into settlement wall. Jericho. ca. 8,000-7,000 BCE. |
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| Human Figure Ain Ghazal, Jordan ca. 6,750-6,250 BCE. Plaster, painted and inlaid with cowire shell and bitumen, 3'5(3/8)" high. Louvre, Paris. |
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| Schematic Reconstruction Drawing of a section of Level IV Catal Hoyuk, Turkey ca. 6,000-5,900 BCE. |
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| Deer Hunt, detail of a wall painting from Level III, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey ca. 5750 BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Ankara. |
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| Landscape with Volcanic Eruption(?) Detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting from Level IV, Catal Hoyuk, Turkey ca. 6150 BCE. |
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| Aerial view of Stonehenge Sailsbury Plain, Wiltshire, England ca. 2550-1600 BCE Circle is 97' in diameter; trilithons approx 24' high |
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