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Art History Resources on the Web: Prehistory (Popularity: )
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHprehistoric.html
A directory of Prehistoric art divided by time period.
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Macedonian Rock Art Research Centre (Popularity: )
http://www.unet.com.mk/rockart/
The Centre has discovered more than 460,000 rock drawings. Aims, history, activities, publications and personnel of the Centre. Illustrated outline ...
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Cave Paintings of the Baja California Peninsula (Popularity: )
http://www.bajaquest.com/cavepaintings/
An illustrated article by Mark Rose from Archaeology on the rock shelters painted c.600 years ago with animals and people ...
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Rock Art in the British Landscape (Popularity: )
http://groups.msn.com/rockartinthebritishlandscape/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us
Offers information about prehistoric (late Stone- early Bronze Age) open-air abstract rock art in England and Scotland. Locations and maps, ...
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EuroPreArt (Popularity: )
http://europreart.net/
Online database of European prehistoric art and petroglyphs. Features image galleries, links to related resources, maps, and links to related ...
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Webshots - Cave Paintings (Popularity: )
http://community.webshots.com/user/cavepaintings
Photo gallery of 10.000 - 20.000 years old cave paintings in Lascaux, Chauvet Pont d'arc and Dordogne.
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Northumberland Rock Art (Popularity: )
http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/
Provides Web access to the Beckensall Archive: a large database of panels of rock art by Neolithic and Early Bronze ...
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Palaeolithic Art (Popularity: )
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1.html
The State Hermitage Museum: illustrated collection highlights. Artifacts from the Caucasus, Crimea, Russian steppes, Siberia and Altai.
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Cave of Lascaux (Popularity: )
http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
Comprehensive information and a virtual tour of the cave from the French Ministry of Culture.
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Signs of Consciousness : Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics (Popularity: )
http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/%7Eacheyne/signcon.html
by J. A. Cheyne : from Paleo-Psychology
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Chauvet Through the Eyes of a Sculptor (Popularity: )
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/
Sculptor John Robinson was invited to give an artist's view of the prehistoric art of the Cave of Chauvet Pont ...
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First Human Creations (Popularity: )
http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis/prerm4.htm
A gallery of rock art from the caves at Lascaux in France.
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Rock Engravings at Vermelhosa (Popularity: )
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3982/vermel1.html
Describes and discusses the importance of Paleolithic rock art in the Côa Valley, Portugal.
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Paleolithic Art of the Pyrenees (Popularity: )
http://www.culture.fr/culture/app/eng/artprepy.htm
A gallery of artwork from the Magdalenian cultural horizon from the French Ministry of Culture.
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Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave (Popularity: )
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/index.html
History of its discovery, and pictures of the finds, and the scientific research
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The Dawn of Prehistoric Rock Art (Popularity: )
http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/dawn.html
An article by James Q. Jacobs summarizing the earliest known rock art, with a focus on recently discovered painted caves ...
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Cosquer Cave (Popularity: )
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/archeosm/en/fr-cosqu1.htm
The French Ministry of Culture describes a Paleolithic art gallery in a cave that can be accessed only through a ...
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Women in Prehistory: The Venus of Willendorf (Popularity: )
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html
Illustrated essay by Christopher Witcombe of Sweet Briar College on this famous figure and the history of its discovery, with ...
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Mothers of Time : Seven Palaeolithic Figurines (Popularity: )
http://www.civilization.ca/archeo/paleofig/pal00eng.html
Approximately 25,000 years on from their birth date and almost 4,000 kilometres distant from their place of origin, these seven ...
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Paleolithic Art Magazine (Popularity: )
http://www.paleolithicartmagazine.org/
Promotes acknowledgment and interpretation of paleolithic art everywhere in the world, and of the origins of Man. In English and ...
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