40,000 – 8,000 bce upper paleolithic period 10,000 bce present interglacial period begins 9,000...
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PREHISTORIC PERIOD TIMELINE
40,000 – 8,000 BCE Upper Paleolithic period 10,000 BCE Present interglacial period begins 9,000 – 4,000 BCE Paleolithic – Neolithic overlap 6,500 – 1200 BCE Neolithic Period – Farming in Europe 2300 -800 BCE Bronze Age in Europe 1000 – 50 BCE Proto-historic Iron Age in Europe
PALEOLITHIC ART
Paleolithic Art consists of: Small statuary carvings of ivory, bone,
stone Small figurines of clay Incising Cave paintings and drawings Sculpture created from rocks inside caves
PALEOLITHIC LIFE
No extant permanent architecture No agriculture or domesticated animals People were nomadic, no permanent
settlements or villages Dwellings were temporary and often
made of mud and wattle
PALEOLITHIC FIGURINE EXAMPLES:
Woman of Willendorf 22,000 BCE Austria
Lion-Human (male) 30,000 BCE Germany
Woman from Brassenpouy 30,000 BCE France
SOME CAVE PAINTING SITES:
Lascaux 15,000 BCE Chauvet 30,000 BCE Pech-Merle 23,000 BCE Altamira 12,500 BCE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD 9000 – 1200 BCE
Organized system of agriculture appears
Domesticated animals Permanent settlements, small villages Skara Brae in Northern Scotland Structures have post and lintel
doorways Megalithic stone ceremonial sites
(Stonehenge) Bronze and Iron utilitarian objects and
art Carvings, ceramics, sculpture, rock
paintings