Art of Prehistoric Europe

Upper Paleolithic (Europe)	45,000 BC - 10,000 BC
Chauvet Cave	30,000 BC
Lascaux Cave	17,000 BC
Altamira Cave	15,000 BC
Mesolithic (Europe)	10,000 BC - 7,000 BC
Neolithic (Europe)	7,000 BC - 1500 BC
Temples of Malta	4000 BC - 2500 BC
Stonehenge	3100 BC - 1600 BC

Note: the dates quoted above are subject to innumerable controversies. See the Wikipedia article on Prehistoric Art for a world-wide chronology, and see also Timelines, on this website, for prehistoric art in other geographic regions including Asia, Africa, Egypt, Greece (Cycladic), and North America.

Prehistoric Europe - Cave Art
Altamira Cave Paintings. Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art
Cave Archaeology. Jochen Duckeck
Cave of Altamira. Wikipedia
The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc. French Ministry of Culture
Chauvet Cave. Bradshaw Foundation
Chauvet Cave. Wikipedia
Cueva de Altamira. Cantabria University
Lascaux. Wikipedia
Lascaux Cave. Don Hitchcock
Petroglyphs. Crystalinks.com

Prehistoric Europe - Megaliths
Megalith. Wikipedia
The Megalithic Temples of Malta. Daniel Cilea
The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Temples of Malta. Bradshaw Foundation
Prehistoric Temples of Malta. Mike Gunther
Stonehenge. Wikipedia
Stone Pages: Web Guide to Megalithic Europe. Paola Arosio & Diego Meozzi
World-wide Ancient Site Database. The Megalithic Portal

Prehistoric Europe - Sculpture and Artifacts
Bone flutes from Hohle Fels. Nicholas J. Conard, Maria Malina, & Susanne C. Munzel
Cave Paintings and Sculptures. Don Hitchcock
Ice Age Art. The Bradshaw Foundation
Lion Man of the Hohlenstein Stadel. Wikipedia
Lionheaded Figurine. Jochen Duckeck
Venus Figures from the Stone Age. Don Hitchcock
Venus Figurines. Wikipedia
Venus of Willendorf. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe

Prehistoric Europe - Image Links (click inside)

Altamira bison

Chauvet horses

Lascaux horse

Malta Fat Lady

Hohle Fels Lion Man

Hohle Fels Bone Flute

Willendorf Venus

[last updated: July 20, 2010]

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