Prehistoric Art in Europe Paleolithic Period

1. Wall with Horses, Cosquer Cave, Cap Morgiou, France. c 16,500 BCE. Charcoal and manganese dioxide on

limestone.

2. Reconstruction drawing of mammoth-bone house from Ukraine. c. 16,000 – 10,000 BCE

3. An image of the Lion-Human figure from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany. c 30,000-26,000 BCE. Mammoth

Ivory. 11 5/8” high.

4. The Woman of Willendorf, Austria. c. 22,000 – 21,000 BCE. Limestone. 8” high.

5. The Woman from Ostrava Petrkovice, Czech Republic. c. 23,000 BCE. Hematite, 4” high

6. The Woman from Brassempouy, Grotte du Pape, Brassempouy, France. c. 22,000 BCE. Ivory, 4”

7. Spotted Horses and Human Hands, Pech-Merle Cave, Dorgodne, France. Horses – c. 16,000 BCE; hands – c.

15,000 BCE. Paint on limestone. Approx. length 11’2”

8. Bison on the ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain. c. 12,000 BCE. Paint on limestone. Approx. 8’3”

9. Plan of Lascaux caves, Dordogne, France.

10. Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Caves. c. 15,000 – 13,000 BCE. Paint on Limestone

11. Hall of Bulls, Lascaux Caves. c. 15,000 – 13,000 BCE. Paint on Limestone

12. Bird-Headed Man with Bison and Rhinoceros, Lascaux Caves. c. 15,000-13,000 BCE. Paint on limestone,

approx length 9’

13. Bison in Altamira Cave, Spain. ca. 12,000 BCE

14. Bison, le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariege, France. c. 13,000 BCE. Unbaked clay, length 25” & 24”

15. Bison Licking it’s Back, La Madeline, France. c. 20,000 – 12,000 BCE. Carved and engraved on fragment of a

spear-thrower made of reindeer antler

16. Lamp with Ibex Design, from La Mouthe Cave, Dordogne, France. c.15,000-13,000 BCE. Engraved stone,

approx 6 ½” x 5”

Neolithic Period

     17. Male and Female Figures from Cernavoda, Romania. ca. 3500 BCE

18. People and Animals facsimile of detail of rock-shelter painting, Cogul, Lerida, Spain. c. 4,000-2,000 BCE

19. Plan, Village of Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland. c. 3,100 – 2,600 BCE

20. House Interior, Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland. c. 3,100 – 2,600 BCE

21. Rock Art in Vatellina, in the Alps (shows Neolithic and first Copper Age engravings)

22. Tomb & Tomb Interior with Corbeling and Engraved Stones, Newgrange, Ireland. c. 3000-2500 BCE

23. Several images of the Menhir Alignments at Menec, Carnac, France. c. 4250-3750 BCE

24. Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. c. 2750-1500 BCE

25. Diagram of Stonehenge

26. Menhir Statue of a Woman, from Montagnac, France. c. 2000 BCE. Limestone, approx 33”

Bronze Age

27. Horse and Sun Chariot, from Trundholm, Zealand, Denmark. c. 1800-1600 BCE. Bronze, 4” x 231”

28. A variety of Bronze Age artifacts from the Ural-Kazakhstan Steppes