Paleolithic Art Timeline

By Jazminh2002
  • Venus of Laussel, 25,000 BCE, Marquay, Dorcdogne, France, limestone, red orche
    25,000 BCE

    Venus of Laussel, 25,000 BCE, Marquay, Dorcdogne, France, limestone, red orche

    The Venus of Lausell depicts fertility, femininity, and the lunar and menstrual cycles. The thirteen lines on the horn, the hand on the belly, and red ochre help us explore and understand these themes.
  • Pin Hole, unrecorded artist, 12,500-13,00 BCE, Pin Hole Cave, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, England, anthrozoomorphic art, woolly rhinoceros bone,
    12,500 BCE

    Pin Hole, unrecorded artist, 12,500-13,00 BCE, Pin Hole Cave, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, England, anthrozoomorphic art, woolly rhinoceros bone,

    The Pin Hole is a site that displays two engraved bones. The Pin Hole Man depicts the profile of a man or beast that stood on two legs. The rib-bone is covered in crosshatches. Through these symbols, we can speculate that spiritual and environmental events may have occurred.
  • Bone flute, 8.5", 35,00-40,000 BCE, Hohle Fels Cave, Southern Germany, ivory, Mammoth bone
    3500 BCE

    Bone flute, 8.5", 35,00-40,000 BCE, Hohle Fels Cave, Southern Germany, ivory, Mammoth bone

    The bone flute is 8.5 inches long and is made from the bone of a Mammoth. It features four marked holes and a fifth hole. The flute itself tells us that these people have created technology and may have used this to entertain themselves or one another.