Image Set Prehistoric & Near Eastern Chapters 1&2

1-2: Namibia, animal facing left, 23,000 BCE

1-3: Human with feline head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 30, ,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory, 11 5/8" high. Ulmer Museum, Ulm.

1-4: Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf), from Willendorf, Austria, ca. 28, ,000 BCE. Limestone, approx. 4 1/4" high.

1-9: Bison, detail of a painted ceiling in the Altamira cave, Santander, Spain, ca. 12,000-11,000 BCE. Each bison approx. 5' long.

1-11: Hall of the Bulls (left wall), Lascaux, Dordogne, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE. Largest bull approx. 11' 6" long.

1-14: Great stone tower built into the settlement wall, Jericho, ca BCE.

1-15: Human skull with restored features, Jericho, ca – 6000 BCE

1-18: Schematic reconstruction drawing of a section of Level VI, Çatal Höyük, Turkey, ca BCE. 1-18: Detail from wall painting, level VII, Catal Huyuk, Turkey, ca BCE.

1-19: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, ca BCE

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A. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000–7000 B.C.E. Bone.

D. Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.

E. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China. 3300–2200 B.C.E. Carved jade.

F. The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c B.C.E. Greywacke.

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