Global Prehistory

Namibia.
c. 25,500-25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone.

Apollo 11 Stones

Lascaux, France.
Paleolithic Europe.
15,000-13,000 B.C.E.
Rock painting.

Great Hall of the Bulls

Tequixquiac, central Mexico.
14,000-7000 B.C.E.
Bone.

Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a canine

Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria.
6000-4000 B.C.E.
Pigment on rock.

Running Horned Woman

Susa, Iran.
4200-3500 B.C.E.
Painted terra cotta.

Beaker with Ibex motifs

Arabian Peninsula.
Fourth millennium B.C.E.
Sandstone.

Anthropomorphic stele

Liangzhu, China.
3300-2200 B.C.E.
Carved jade.

Jade cong

Wiltshire, UK.
Neolithic Europe.
c. 2500-1600 B.C.E.
Sandstone.

Stonehenge

Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
c. 1500 B.C.E.
Greywacke.

The Ambum Stone

Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco.
1200-900 B.C.E.
Ceramic.

Tlatilco female figurine

Lapita.
Solomon Islands, Reef Islands.
1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised).

Terra cotta fragments