centres ofFranco-Cantabrian cave art. What is Stone Age Art? The period of prehistory known as the Stone Age, is divided into three separate periods: thePaleolithic(2,500,000-10,000 BCE);Mesolithic(Europe, 10,000-4,000); andNeolithic(Europe, 4,000-2,000 BCE). Of these, the Paleolith...
such as stones and minerals. Some of the vastly different ways of perceiving the world from Western conventions include but are not limited to animism, vitalism, and perspectivism, which are primarily based on studies of ethnohistoric and contemporary Indigenous societies...
This article offers some hypotheses to explain Later Stone Age lithic miniaturization: the systematic creation of small stone flakes on the finest-grained materials. Fundamentally, this phenomenon appears to represent the prioritization of stone tool sharpness over longevity, and a disposable mode of usi...
France also is home to some of the most famous examples ofcave art, including that inLascauxcave, near Montignac. The art there was done during various periods, as far back as 17,000 years ago. It consists of approximately 600 painted and drawn animals and symbols and nearly 1,500 engravi...