Surf these sites: Cave of Lascaux -- Brilliantly designed site with loads of information and a virtual tour of the cave. Chauvet-Pont-d''Arc Cave -- History of its discovery, and pictures of the finds, and the scientific research Female Imagery From the Palaeolithic : The Case of Grimaldi -- There has perhaps been more nonsense written about Upper Paleolithic female imagery than about any other subject in archaeology. Our goal here is to illustrate how detailed observation, experimentation and close attention to archaeological context, all aimed at understanding Upper Paleolithic anthropomorphic image production and use Hunting : From "The Cave of Lascaux : The Final Photographic Record" -- Excerpts from the book ''The Cave of Lascaux- The Final Photographic Record'' by Mario Ruspoli which extensively examines these treasures of earliest known paintings and the art Mothers of Time : Seven Palaeolithic Figurines -- Approximately 25,000 years on from their birth date and almost 4,000 kilometres distant from their place of origin, these seven Balzi Rossi figurines shed new light on the origins and meaning of an art that is still our own. Palaeolithic Art -- ArtThe State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights. items are represented by artifacts from the Caucasus, Crimea, Russian steppes, Siberia and Altai. Illustrated. Signs of Consciousness : Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics -- by J. A. Cheyne : from Paleo-Psychology Women in Prehistory : The "Venus" of Willendorf -- Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe. Essay on this famous figure and the history of its discovery.
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