PALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC CAVE AND ROCK ART PALEOLITHIC

PALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC CAVE AND ROCK ART PALEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE) NEOLITHIC (NEW STONE AGE)

Paleolithic Cave Art 35, 000 BC – 14, 000 BC Southern Europe • Chauvet , France • Lascaux, France • Les Tres Friers, France • Altamira, Spain

Chauvet Cave, France 32, 000 B. C.

Carbon 14 dating of charcoal and animal bones established age of Cave Art sites. Paint made out of charcoal , rocks and minerals mixed with animal fat. Black made from charcoal or Black Hemalite White made from chalk. Yellow , red and brown made from Ocher

Shaman painted at Les Trois Friers Cave Art had a religious purpose.

Ice Age Southern Europe

Ice Age: 100, 000 BC – 10, 000 BC Ice Age (The earth was colder)

Muskox: Chauvet Cave

Horses: Chauvet cave

Cave Bear and Leopard Chauvet Cave

Cave Lions: Chauvet Cave

Wooly Rhino, Bison, Mammoth Chauvet Cave

Running Bison and Fighting Rhinos Chauvet Cave

Aurochs: Ancestor of all Cattle

Mammoth

Altamira, Spain 14, 000 BC

Altamira: High Point of Cave Art Highly Detailed Dramatic Action

“In 20, 000 years, we have learned nothing!” Pablo Picasso

Saharan Rock Art 8, 000 BC to 4, 000 BC Saharan Desert 2010 AD The Saharan 8, 000 BC The Saharan was a Steppe (Savannah) in the Ice Age.

Neolithic Rock Art 8, 000 BC- 2, 000 BC People and domestic animals appear

Hippos: Tassili d’ Ajjer Saharan Desert

Elephant: Libya

Giraffes and Elephants Tassili d’ Ajjer

Herding Domestic Cattle Tassili d’ Ajjer

African villagers Tassili d’ Ajjer

Tassili d’ Ajjer: Villagers, Jellyfish, Domestic Goat, Man riding Camel

Cave of Swimmers, Egypt

Tassili d’ Ajjer: Herding Domestic Camels

Southern African Rock Art 25, 000 BC - Present The White Lady (2, 000 BC) The Dancers

South Africa: Herd of Cattle

South Africa: Domestic Cattle

Aborigine Rock Art, Australia 30, 000 BC - Present Stencils People

Aborigine: Kangaroos Aborigine painted characters from their religion. Early style: pre 4, 000 BC X-Ray style 4, 000 BC- Present

Long Necked Turtles

Aborigine: Modern Ships

Rainbow Snake Legend