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Palaeoart Image Galleries
Overview of Four Eras of Evolution
of Art, Religion, Mind and Psyche
,,,,,Oldowan
,,,,,Early Paleolithic
,,,,,Middle Paleolithic
.....Upper Paleolithic
Phase I: Early Acheulian (c. 1.4 MYA to 1.0 MYA).
....Provenience and Dating More Secure
.......Gallery: Peninj, Olduvai: Mirror Symmetry Palaeoart
....Provenience and Dating Less Secure
....(mixed ages, surface site, etc.)
Phase II: Middle Acheulian (c. 1.0 MYA to 600,000 BP).
....Provenience and Dating More Secure
.......Gallery: Olorgesailie, Near East, Abbevillian:
.........................Biface Pairs as Palaeoart
....Provenience and Dating Less Secure
....(mixed ages, surface site, etc.)
Phase III: Later Acheulian (c. 500,000 to 100,000 BP)
....Provenience and Dating More Secure
.......Later Acheulian Tools - Overview
.......Chopper-Choppingtool Complex (CCC) Tools - Overview
.......Near Eastern/North African Acheulian Symbolizing Tradition
.........Gallery: Berekhat Ram and Tan-Tan Anthropomorphic
.........................Figurines, 200-500,000 BP
.......South Asian Acheulian Symbolic Tradition
.........Gallery: Bhimbetka, Auditorium Cave, Madhya Pradesh: Acheulian
........................Petroglyph Site, c. 200,000 - 500,000 BP
.........Gallery: Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, Madhya Pradesh: Rock Art
.........Gallery: Daraki-Chattan Cave, Madhya Pradesh: Acheulian
........................Petroglyph Site, c. 200,000 - 500,000 BP
.......European Acheulian 'Handaxe Sculpture' Symbolic Tradition
.........Gallery: Handaxes and Handaxe Sculptures,
.........................c.100,000 - 500,000 BP
.......European 'Chopper-Choppingtool' Symbolizing Tradition
.........Gallery: Hamburg-Wittenbergen: Proto-art Sculptures I,
.........................(Animal Sculptures) minimum c.200,000 BP
.........Gallery: Hamburg-Wittenbergen: Proto-art Sculptures II,
.........................(Heads/Profiles/Masks) minimum c.200,000 BP
.........Gallery: Lunteren (Ede II), NL, c. >200,000 BP
.........Gallery: 1 Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................Site, Characteristic Tools, Bifaces
.........Gallery: 2 Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................Female Figurines
.........Gallery: 3 Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................Sculptures of Human Heads, Skulls
.........Gallery: 4 Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................Sculptures of Primates
.........Gallery: 5 Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................Other Animal Sculptures
.........Gallery: 5a Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................The Musk Ox Gallery
.........Gallery: 6 Groß Pampau, GR, c. 500,000 BP,
.........................Geometrics: Tetrahedron, Net Pattern
.........East African 'Cordiform/Cleaver' Symbolizing Tradition
.........Gallery: East African 'Cordiform/Cleaver" Tradition
....Provenience and Dating Less Secure
....(surface site, stratum of mixed age material, etc.)
.........Gallery: Iegelpoel, NL, c. 200-500,000 BP:
.........................Polymorphic Micro-Sculptures
.........Gallery: Arago, Bilzingsleben, Vértesszöllös,
.........................c. 400,000 BP: Micro-Sculptures
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.........Gallery: Boukoulian: Microlithic Sculptures, c.400,000 BP
.........Gallery: Rhenen, Helden, Coquelles, Zuidlaren,
.........................c. 200,000 BP: Micro-Sculptures
....Later Acheulian Exotics and Marking Motifs (Signs)
.........Gallery: Later Acheulian Exotics (Crystals, Fossils,
.........................Ochre, Etc.
.........Gallery: Later Acheulian Marking Motifs I: Bilzingsleben,
.........................Germany
.........Gallery: Later Acheulian Marking Motifs II: Other Sites
....Theoretical Insights, Questions, and Anomalies
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.........Gallery: Papers of J. E. Musch 1
.........Gallery: Papers of J. E. Musch 2
More galleries will be added at a future time.
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