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Lion man figurine (and, other artifacts) found in the Lonetal valley. Are pushing humans back. It maybe more than 30,000 years old
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Within the Lonetal Sites, in the Swabian Alb, near the city of Ulm, Germany. The Löwenmensch figurine, also called the Lion-man of Hohlenstein-Stade was foundIt is amazing! Many pre-historic objects. Including many of the pieces comprising it. Were puzzled together making…
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Venus of Willendorf was found in 1908. At a village in lower Austria
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A famous prehistoric figurine that dates back to 25 or 28,000 years ago. Or, Gravettian industry. It was discovered in 1908, in Willendorf, Austria. It is 4.4-inch (11.1 cm) highExaggerated voluptuous features. The figurine lacks facial features but prominently emphasizes the…
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Venus of Brassempouy is Dame a la Capuche, or “Lady with the hood”
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > This venus is another notable prehistoric figurine, but it’s distinct from the Venus of Willendorf and the Venus of Vestonice. The venus of Brassempouy is a small figurine carved from ivory. It is also dated to the upper paleolithic period, making…
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9,000 Years of Seals, Fire, Fishing & Seasonal Survival on Lake Baikal. Sagan-Zaba: The Neolithic Architecture of a Siberian Lake
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Sagan-Zaba is one of the most interesting prehistoric sites on Lake Baikal—but it is important to separate two things that are often blended together: Sagan-Zaba II, the habitation site, and Sagan-Zaba I, the famous rock-art panel. The habitation sequence…
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Dja’de el‑Mughara was a major Late PPNA–Early PPNB village, on the Middle Euphrates. It is notable for one of the oldest known wall‑paintings, intensive wild‑cereal use & early funerary specialization
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> On the left (east) bank of the Middle Euphrates; Dja’de sits immediately adjacent to the river terraceThough proximity varies by site, many norther Levantine PPNA sites occupy river terraces and floodplains. Some of the ones include Mureybet, Jerf el‑Ahmar…
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Red ochre is universal. Its not a plant, but a mineral pigment, one of the earliest materials humans used for color. Predating the neolithic maybe 100 thousand years
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Red ochre is mainly iron oxide, (Fe₂O₃; hematite), mixed with natural earth and clays Early humans collected iron-rich earth, (hematite stones), grinded them; heated; and, mixed in binders. Like plant sap, fats; animal glue, or even water It has many uses,…
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Al-Magar: The Neolithic Waterhole at the Edge of Green Arabia
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Al-Magar may be the most spectacular Neolithic site in Arabia—but its greatest story is not necessarily the horse. It is waterToday the site lies in an extremely arid part of central-southwestern Saudi Arabia. Around 8,000 years ago, however, it…
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The so-called Bronocice vessel or pot, may or may not tell us about wagons, long-distance travel, and human history
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > In the 1970s a neolithic ceramic pot was found at the site of Bronocice in south-central PolandThe vessel itself is 10.5 centimetres high, has a rim diameter of 14.5 centimetres, and has a wall thickness of 0.6 centimetres. The pot carries…