Chapter 1 Prehistoric Art Flashcards by Jocelyn Nolan

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Spotted Horses and Human Hands
Pech-Merle Cave (France)
Paleolithic
Horses: 25,000-34,000 BCE
Hands: 15,000 BCE
Paint on Limestone

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Rainbow Serpent Rock
Western Arnhem (Australia)
6,000 BCE
Neolithic

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Paleolithic Hand-Axe
Isimila Korongo (Tanzania)
Paleolithic
60,000 BCE
Stone

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Decorated Ocher
Blombos Cave (South Africa)
77,000 BCE
Paleolithic

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Reconstruction Drawing of Mammoth-Bone Houses
Ukraine
16,000-10,000 BCE
Paleolithic

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Lion-Human
Hohlenstein-Stadel (Germany)
40,000-35,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Mammoth Ivory

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Woman from Willendorf
Austria
24,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Limestone

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Woman from Dolni Vestonice
Moravia (Czech Republic)
23,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Fired Clay

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Woman from Brassempouy
Grotte du Pape (France)
30,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Ivory

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Wall Painting with Horses, Rhinoceroses, and Aurochs
Chauvert Cave (France)
32,000-30,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Paint on Limestone

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Hall of Bulls
Lascaux Cave (France)
15,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Paint on Limestone

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Bird-Headed Man with Bison
Lascaux Cave (France)
15,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Paint on Limestone

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Bison
Altamira (Spain)
12,500 BCE
Paleolithic
Paint on Limestone

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Bison
Le Tuc d’Audoubert (France)
13,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Unbaked Clay

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Reconstruction Drawing of Lepenski Vir House/Shrine
Serbia
6,300-5,500 BCE
Neolithic

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Human-Fish Sculpture
Lepenski Vir (Spain)
6,300-5,500 BCE
Neolithic

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Reconstruction Drawing of a House in Catalhoyuk
Catalhoyuk (Turkey)
7,400-6,200 BCE
Neolithic

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Men Taunting a Deer
Catalhoyuk (Turkey)
6,000 BCE
Neolithic

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Reconstruction Drawing of a Sesklo Stone-Foundation House
Sesklo (Greece)
6,500 BCE
Neolithic

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Tomb Interior with Corbeling and Engraved Stones
Newgrange (Ireland)
3,000-2,500 BCE
Neolithic

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Reconstruction Drawing from Stonehenge from the Air
Salisbury Plain (Engalnd)
3,000-1,500 BCE
Neolithic

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Stonehenge from the Ground
Salisbury Plain (England)
3,000-1,500 BCE
Neolithic

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Plan of Stonehenge and Its Surrounding Settlements

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Reconstruction Drawing of Durrington Walls
near Stonehenge (England)
2,600 BCE
Neolithic

Early Pottery from Japan's Jomon Culture Japan 7,000 BCe Neolithic

Early Pottery from the Franchthi Cave, Greece Franchthi Cave (Greece) 6,500 BCE Neolithic

Figures of a Woman and a Man Cernvoda (Romania) 4,500 BCE Neolithic Ceramic

Human Figure Ain Ghazal (Jordan) 6,500 BCE Neolithic Fired lime plaster with cowrie shell, bitumen, and paint

Gold-Adorned Face Mask Varna (Bulgaria) 3,800 BCE Neolithic Terra cotta and gold

Gold Scepters Varna (Bulgaria) 3,800 BCE Neolithic Gold

Rock Art: Boat and Sea Battle Fossum (Sweden) 1,500-5,00 BCE Bronze Age