網頁The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age.Very broadly, it dates to between 2.5 million years ago to 10,000bc (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories coinciding with the …

網頁Cantering across the stone galleries of cave walls, sensitively rendered in charcoal and ochre hues, are life-like renditions of the many species with whom Upper Paleolithic …

網頁Animal figuring characteristics: Animals most frequently depicted are dangerous species (felines and bears), continuing Aurignacian tradition In Moravia, 67 animal statuettes …

網頁For example, in European Upper Palaeolithic art, totemism was used as a middle range framework from which to interpret animals and, thus, study the origins of religion (Jones …

網頁From this site and a few others, we know that the Upper Palaeolithic people hunted the available game in their respective areas: ibex, fallow deer, and roe deer in the Lebanese …

網頁Timeline of the Upper Paleolithic In Europe, it is traditional to split the Upper Paleolithic into five overlapping and somewhat regional variants, based on differences between …

網頁Its closest neighbors are bison, aurochs and ibex, bison being the main branch to which reindeer and mammoth are attached. Deer and hind are on the side of aurochs, while …

網頁The animals depicted are prey sought by the Paleolithic hunters , such as reindeer, [18] horses, [19] bisons, [20] mammoth, [21] the woolly rhinoceros, [22] and birds, [clarification …

網頁Atlatls, Spear Throwers, and Woomeras Aurignacian - La Grotte d'Aurignac Australia's settlement by the Aborigines Australopithecus aethiopicus Australopithecus africanus …

網頁However, the relatively recently discovered Chauvet Cave contradicts this pattern, with its stunning depictions of animals not known to have been exploited for food by Paleolithic …