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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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