prehistoric art
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Upper Paleolithic
Aurochs on a cave painting in Lascaux, France
Venus of Willendorf
Middle Paleolithic
Drawing of the Venus Tan-Tan
Drawing of the Berekhat Ram object
Asia
Russia, The Shigir Idol, made during the Mesolithic period, around 7,500 BCE
The “Dancing girl of Mohenjo Daro”, Indus Valley Civilization
India, Petroglyphs as found in places like the Rock Shelter of Bhimbetka, and some of them are older than 5500 BC.
China, Bonze head from Sanxingdui
Jomon Statue in Japan
A Korean Neolithic pot found in Busan, 3500 BCE
Large Middle Mumun (c. 800 BCE) storage vessel unearthed from a pit-house in or near Daepyeong
Goguryeo tomb mural
Europe
Entrance stone with megalithic art at Newgrange
Three men performing a ritual, Bohuslän, Sweden
A 1st century BCE mirror found in Desborough, Northants, showing the spiral and trumpet motif
Africa
Saharan rock carving depicting a lying antelope o gazelle, petroglyph in Southern Algeria
A Bushman rock painting of an eland at Drakensberg
Long-horned cattle and other rock art in the Laas Gaal complex.
Rock carving of an elephant at Tadrart Acacus
America
An Olmec Stone head
A Paracas Mantle dating from 200 CE
An image of the Lanzón deity on the great wall at Chavín de Huantar, a First Horizon site
Ceramic stirrup spout vessel representing a custacean. Moche Culture, Peru, 100 BCE to 700 CE.
Ponce monolith in the sunken courtyard of the Tiwanaku's Kalasasaya temple
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