1. The Paleolithic Era The Neolithic Era

2. PALEOLITHIC ART CARVED PORTABLE PIECES EXCLUSIVELY FEMALE SUBJECTS INDICATES:  MATRIARCHICAL SOCIETY?  EARTH/MOTHER GODDESS – FEMALE CONTROL OF AGRICULTURE?  WORSHIP OF FEMALE ROLE IN REPRODUCTION? THIS WILL CHANGE AS CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOP

3. “If God had not created women, I don’t know whether I would have become a painter!” - Auguste Renoir

4. VENUS OF WILLENDORF [30,000-25,000 BC]  OLDEST KNOWN REPRESENTATION OF A HUMAN BEING

5. Female Evolution

7. CAVE ART [32,000-13,000 BC]  SOUTHERN FRANCE / NORTHERN SPAIN  UNINHABITED LOCATIONS  MYSTICAL OR RELIGIOUS PURPOSE? PALEOLITHIC ART

11. NEOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE STONEHENGE [3000-2000 BC]

12.  MEGALITHIC MONUMENT – SALISBURY PLAIN, ENGLAND  ASTRONOMICAL / CALENDAR FUNCTION?  RELIGIOUS PURPOSE – DRUIDS?  SERIES OF CONCENTRIC CIRCLES

13. Ṭ POST AND LINTEL CONSTRUCTION