Paleolithic Works:
Paleolithic
Abstract Figurine
c. 28,000-22,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Adduara Cave
c. 11000 BCE, Monte Pellegrino
Paleolithic
Altamira Cave
c. 16,500-14,500 BCE, Altamira
Paleolithic
Altxerri Cave
c. 15000-10000 BCE, Altxerri
Paleolithic
Antler Batons with Engraved Designs
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Antler Fragment with Deer Head
c. 12,000-8,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Antler Plaque with Linear Engraving
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Aurochs from the Abri du Fourneau-du-Diable
c. 20,000-16,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Barbed Harpoon
c. 12,000-8,000 BCE, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Paleolithic
Baume-Latrone Cave
c. 32,000-26,000 BCE, Sainte-Anastasie, Gard
Paleolithic
Bison Cow
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Zaraysk Museum of Art and History
Paleolithic
Bison with Turned Head
c. 12,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Bone and Antler Spear Points
c. 32,000-26,000 BCE, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
Paleolithic
Bone and Antler Spear Points
c. 20,000-16,000 BCE, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
Paleolithic
Bone Spatula with Ibex
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Museo Regional, Santander
Paleolithic
Bone with engraved Cervid Heads
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Bone with engraved Horse Head
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Bones incised with Linear Markings
c. 32,000-26,000 BCE, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
Paleolithic
Chauvet Cave
c. 30,000-28,000 BCE, Chauvet Cave, Ard eche Gorge
Paleolithic
Combarelles Cave
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Les Eyzies de Tayac, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Commarque Cave
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Sireuil, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Cosquer Cave
c. 18,000-16,500 BCE, Marseilles
Paleolithic
Cougnac Cave
c. 25,000-20,000 BCE, Cougnac
Paleolithic
Covaciella Cave
c. 15,000-10,000 BCE, Covaciella, Asturias
Paleolithic
Covalanas Cave
c. 20,000-16,000 BCE, Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria
Paleolithic
Cylinder Beads
c. 38,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Decorated Baton
c. 38,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Decorated Ocher
c. 79,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Decorated Plate
c. 38,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Drawing of a Bison Head on the Shaft of a Broken Baton
c. 20,000-10,000 BCE, Musée d'Archéologie National, Saint Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Ekain Cave
c. 20,000-16,000 BCE, Deba
Paleolithic
El Castillo Cave
c. 15000-10000 BCE, El Castillo
Paleolithic
Engraved Antler Fragment
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Engraved Antler Fragment
c. 12,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Engraved Drawing of Two Deer
c. 12,000-10,000 BCE, Musée d'Archéologie National, Saint Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Engraving of Woman and Reindeer
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Fanny the Dancer
c. 30,000 BCE, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Paleolithic
Female Figure
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Female Figure
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Female Figurine
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Female Figurine (Venus of Dolní Věstonice)
c. 28,000-22,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Female Figurine from Malt'a
c. 21,000 BCE, Ethnographic Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Female Head (Mona Lisa)
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Figure with an Open Vulva Dilated for Birth (La Polichinelle)
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Musée d'Archéologie National, Saint Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Fish Plaque
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Flute made from Vulture Bone
c. 32,000-26,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Flying Swan Pendant
c. 38,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Forked Ivory Pendant
c. 28,000-22,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Fossil Coral Pendant
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Paleolithic
Foz Coa
c. 18,000 BCE, Coa Valley
Paleolithic
Gabillou Cave
c. 20,000-16,000 BCE, Sourzac, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Galloping Horse Depicted on a Baton
c. 20,000-10,000 BCE, British Museum, London
Paleolithic
Grand Grotte of Saint-Front
c. 20,000-16,000 BCE, Domme, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Grasshopper and Birds engraved on Bone
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Hand-Axe
c. 62,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Harpoon with Auroch
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Head of a Lion
c. 38,000-28,000 BCE, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart
Paleolithic
Hooked End of a Spear Thrower Sculpted as a Mammoth
c. 20,000-10,000 BCE, British Museum, London
Paleolithic
Horse
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Horse
c. 13,800-13,500 BCE, Mus&ecute;e Arch&ecute;ologique d'Arthous, Hastingues
Paleolithic
Horse Head
c. 15,000-10,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Horse Head
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Horse Head made from Antler
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Horse Pendant
c. 32,000 BCE, Institut fur Urgeschichte, Tubingen
Paleolithic
Human Figure (The Worshipper)
c. 40,000-38,000 BCE, Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart
Paleolithic
Hunter of Laussel
c. 26,000-25,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Ibex Heads on a Baton Shaft
c. 20,000-10,000 BCE, Mus&ecute;e Arch&ecute;ologique d'Arthous, Hastingues
Paleolithic
Ibex in Roc-aux-Sorciers Shelter
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Angles-sur-l'Anglin
Paleolithic
Imaginary Human-Animal Figure
30,000-28,000 BCE, University of Ferrara
Paleolithic
Interlocking Female Figurines from Avdeevo
c. 20,000 BCE, Moscow Ethnographic Museum, Moscow
Paleolithic
Ivory Fragment with Fish Patterns
c. 38,000-18,000 BCE, Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Ivory Ring with Fish Tail Extension
c. 32,000-26,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Kneeling Female Figure (Venus of Sireuil)
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
La Mairie Cave
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Teyjat, Dordogne
Paleolithic
La Tête du Lion Cave
20,400-18,800 BCE, Bidon
Paleolithic
Lamp from Lascaux Cave
c. 15000-10000 BCE
Paleolithic
Lamp with Ibex Design
c. 15,000-13,000 BCE, La Mouthe Cave, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Lascaux Cave
c. 15000 - 10000 BCE, Lascaux
Paleolithic
Le Portel Cave
c. 15,000-10,000 BCE, Le Portel, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Le Tuc d'Audoubert Cave
c. 13,000 BCE, Photothèque des Musées de la Ville de Paris
Paleolithic
Leaf-Shaped Flint Point
c. 16,000 BCE, British Museum, London
Paleolithic
Lion
c. 26,000-24,000 BCE, Brno Archaeological Institute, Brno
Paleolithic
Lion Engraving on Bone Fragment
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Lion-Human
c. 40,000 BCE, Ulmer Museum, Ulm
Paleolithic
Long-Necked Bird
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Male Figure from Brno
c. 28,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Mammoth
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Mammoth
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Mammoth Pendant with Incised Signs
c. 32,000 BCE, Institut fur Urgeschichte, Tubingen
Paleolithic
Mammoth-Bone Houses
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE
Paleolithic
Mask-Like Face
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Mayenne-Sciences Cave
c. 26,000-24,000 BCE, Mayenne
Paleolithic
Necklace of Beads and Ivory Pendants from Malt’a
c. 21,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Necklace of Fox Teeth and Beads, from Sungir
c. 23,000-20,000 BCE, Vladimir-Suzdal Regional Museum, Vladimir
Paleolithic
Necklace of Incised Deer Teeth
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Necklace of Seashells and Bear and Lion Teeth
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
Paleolithic
Niaux Cave
c. 15,000 BCE, Niaux
Paleolithic
Nude Woman with Long Wavy Hair
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Ochre Palette and Crayons
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
Paleolithic
Painted Caves in the Area of Lascaux
Paleolithic
Painted Female Figurine
c. 21,000 BCE, Ethnographic Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Pair-non-Pair Cave
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Prignac-et-Marcamps
Paleolithic
Peche-Merle Cave
25,000-15,000 BCE, Dordogne
Paleolithic
Pendant in the Form of a Miniature Female Figure
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Pendant with Concentric Circles
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Pendant, possibly Human Figure
c. 32,000-26,000 BCE, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
Paleolithic
Pierced and Engraved Baton
c. 12,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Pierced Baton engraved with an Animal Head
c. 12,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Pierced Baton Fragment with Lion Engraving
c. 12,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Pierced Baton from El Pendo Cave
c. 16,000-14,500 BCE, El Pendo
Paleolithic
Pierced Baton with Auroch Hunt
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Pierced Baton with Bison Head
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée Départemental de l'Airege, Foix
Paleolithic
Pierced Baton with Horses
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Pierced Ivory Disk from Sungir
c. 23,000-20,000 BCE, Vladimir-Suzdal Regional Museum, Vladimir
Paleolithic
Plaque with Bison and Humans
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Prehistoric Wall Painting Technique
Paleolithic
Reindeer Engraving
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Reindeer Head
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Rouffignac Cave
c. 15000 BCE, Rouffignac
Paleolithic
Salamander made from Reindeer Antler
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Salmon at Le Poisson Shelter
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Le Poisson Shelter, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
Paleolithic
Sculpted Profile of a Woman
c. 20,000-10,000 BCE, Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Thüringens, Weimar
Paleolithic
Sitting Bear Pendant
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Small Lion Man
40,000 BCE, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower in the form of a Bird
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower in the form of a Mammoth
c. 17,000-11,000 BCE, Laboratoire de Prehistoire de Carcassonne, Carcassonne
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower with Confronted Ibexes
c. 16,000-11,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower with Ibex
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower with Ibex or Deer
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower with Leaping Horse
c. 16,000-10,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Spear Thrower with Three Horse Heads
c. 16,000-8,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Spearheads from Lascaux Cave
c. 15000-10000 BCE
Paleolithic
The Swabian Eve (Venus of Hohle Fels)
c. 40,000-30,000 BCE, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Paleolithic
Tall Woman
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg
Paleolithic
Torso of a Woman
c. 23,000 BCE, Archaeological Institute, Brno
Paleolithic
Trois-Frères Cave
c. 15,000-10,000 BCE, Montesquieu-Avantès
Paleolithic
Venus Impudique (Female Figurine)
c. 16,000-13,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Venus of Lespugue
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Musée de l'Homme, Paris
Paleolithic
Venus with the Gridlike Head
c. 26,000-25,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Vilhonneur Cave
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Les Garennes
Paleolithic
Water Bird in Flight or Diving
40,000 BCE, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Paleolithic
Wolverine
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno
Paleolithic
Wolverine Drawing
c. 14,000-10,000 BCE, British Museum, London
Paleolithic
Woman from Brassempouy
c. 30,000 BCE, Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paleolithic
Woman from Willendorf (Venus of Willendorf)
c. 24,000 BCE, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna
Paleolithic
Woman Holding a Horn
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Paleolithic
Woman with Pierced Neck
c. 26,000-20,000 BCE, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
Paleolithic
Wooly Rhinoceros Head
c. 28,000-18,000 BCE, Moravská Galerie, Brno