Timeline
Cupules
(Lower Paleolithic)
Bhimbetka Petroglyphs
(290-700,000 BCE)
Venus of Berekhat Ram
(230-700,000 BCE)
Venus of Tan-Tan (200-500,000
BCE
Blombos Cave Art (70,000
BCE)
Diepkloof Eggshell
Engravings (60,000 BCE)
Ferrassie
Cave Cupules (60,000 BCE)
Aurignacian art (40,000-25,000
BCE)
El Castillo Cave
(39,000 BCE)
Lion Man of Hohlenstein
Stadel (38,000 BCE)
Venus of Hohle Fels
(38-33,000 BCE)
Sulawesi Cave Art (Indonesia)
(37,900 BCE)
Gorham's Cave (37,000 BCE)
Hand Stencils &
Handprints (from 37,000 BCE)
Fumane Cave (35,000
BCE)
Abri Castanet
(35,000 BCE)
Ivory Carvings:
Swabian Jura (33,000 BCE)
Chauvet Cave Paintings
(30,000 BCE)
Coliboaia Cave Art
(30,000 BCE)
Venus of Galgenberg
(30,000 BCE)
Burrup Peninsula Rock Art
(30,000 BCE)
Kimberley Rock Art
(30,000 BCE)
Ubirr Rock Art (30,000
BCE)
Grotte des Deux-Ouvertures
(26,500 BCE)
Nawarla Gabarnmang
(26,000 BCE)
Apollo 11 Cave Stones
(25,000 BCE)
Gravettian art (25,000-20,000
BCE)
Venus of Dolni Vestonice
(26-24,000 BCE)
Venus of Monpazier
(25,000 BCE)
Venus of Willendorf
(25,000 BCE)
Pech-Merle Cave
(25,000 BCE)
Cosquer Cave (25,000
BCE)
Cussac Cave Engravings (25,000
BCE)
Gargas Cave Hand Stencils
(25,000 BCE)
Roucadour Cave Art (24,000
BCE)
Venus of Savignano (24,000
BCE)
Venus of Moravany (24,000-22,000)
Cougnac Cave (23,000 BCE)
Venus of Brassempouy
(23,000 BCE)
Venus of Laussel (23,000
BCE)
Abri du Poisson Cave (23,000
BCE)
Venus of Lespugue (23,000
BCE)
Venus of Kostenky (22,000
BCE)
Coa Valley Engravings
(22,000 BCE)
Venus of Gagarino (20,000
BCE)
Avdeevo Venuses (20,000
BCE)
Mal'ta Venuses (20,000
BCE)
Zaraysk Venuses (20,000
BCE)
Venus of Eliseevichi
(20,000 BCE)
Solutrean art (20,000-15,000
BCE)
Xianrendong Cave Pottery
(18,000 BCE)
Koonalda Cave (18,000
BCE)
La Pileta Cave (18,000 BCE)
Le Placard Cave (17,500
BCE)
Roc de Sers Cave (17,200
BCE)
Lascaux Cave (17,000
BCE)
Yuchanyan Cave Pottery
(16,000 BCE)
La Pasiega Cave (16,000
BCE)
Vela Spila Pottery
(15,500 BCE)
Magdalenian art (15,000-10,000
BCE)
Cap Blanc Frieze (15,000
BCE)
Altamira Cave
(15,000 BCE)
Jomon Pottery (14,540 BCE)
Amur River Basin Pottery
(14,300 BCE)
Font de Gaume Cave
(14,000 BCE)
Tito Bustillo Cave
(14,000 BCE)
Rouffignac Cave (11,000
BCE)
Tuc d'Audoubert Cave
(13,500 BCE)
Trois-Freres Cave (13,000
BCE)
Venus of Engen (13,000
BCE)
Kapova Cave (12,500
BCE)
Roc-aux-Sorciers (12,000
BCE)
Niaux Cave (12,000 BCE)
Les Combarelles Cave
(12,000 BCE)
Addaura Cave (11,000 BCE)
Venus of Monruz-Neuchatel
(10,000 BCE)
Mesolithic Art (10,000
to about 6,000 BCE)
Gobekli Tepe (9500-7500
BCE)
Shigir Idol (7,500 BCE)
Cueva de las Manos
(c.7,300 BCE)
Neolithic Art (about 6,000
to 2,000 BCE)
Thinker of Cernavoda
(5,000 BCE)
Indus Valley Civilization
(3,300-1300 BCE)
Newgrange
Megalthic Tomb (3,000 BCE)
Stonehenge Stone Circle (2600
BCE)
Knowth Megalithic
Tomb (2500 BCE)
Ram in a Thicket
(2,500 BCE)
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