Global Prehistory Resources
RESOURCE LINKS
General Information:
Khan Academy
http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/article00764.html
TARA
http://www.ancient.eu/writing/
Virtual Tours of many historic locations
Oldest Temple Documentary - Ancient Göbekli Tepe Temple
IMAGES
1. Apollo 11 Stones. Namiba. c. 25,500-25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.
Older marks on ostrich eggs
Oldest stone tools found in Kenya
2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting.
Dr. Kathrine Bolman's Website
Virtual Tour of the caves
Map of the caves
Cave of Forgotten Dreams - documentary inside the Chavet caves.
3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000-7000 B.C.E. Bone.
4. Running horned woman. Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. 6000-4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock.
UNESCO video about the site
5. Bushel with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200-3500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.
Heilbrunn Timeline
6. Anthropomorphic Stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.
Exhibition website
Smithsonian article over artifacts from the Arabian Peninsula
7. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China. 3300-2200 B.C.E. Carved jade.
Secret of the Jade Cong documentary
Ancient Origins article on jade shrouds
Ancient Origins article on jade cong and bi.
8. Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500-1600 B.C.E. Sandstone.
Official Tourism Website
9. The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke.
Stories from Papua New Guinea
10. Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200-900 B.C.E. Ceramic.
The “Pretty Ladies” of Tlatilco, Mexico article
11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Soloman Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised).
4,000 miles down the Lapitan Pottery Trail
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lapi/hd_lapi.htm
News report on rising sea levels
www.britannica.com/place/Solomon-Islands
General Information:
Khan Academy
http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/article00764.html
TARA
http://www.ancient.eu/writing/
Virtual Tours of many historic locations
Oldest Temple Documentary - Ancient Göbekli Tepe Temple
IMAGES
1. Apollo 11 Stones. Namiba. c. 25,500-25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.
Older marks on ostrich eggs
Oldest stone tools found in Kenya
2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting.
Dr. Kathrine Bolman's Website
Virtual Tour of the caves
Map of the caves
Cave of Forgotten Dreams - documentary inside the Chavet caves.
3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000-7000 B.C.E. Bone.
4. Running horned woman. Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. 6000-4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock.
UNESCO video about the site
5. Bushel with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200-3500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta.
Heilbrunn Timeline
6. Anthropomorphic Stele. Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone.
Exhibition website
Smithsonian article over artifacts from the Arabian Peninsula
7. Jade cong. Liangzhu, China. 3300-2200 B.C.E. Carved jade.
Secret of the Jade Cong documentary
Ancient Origins article on jade shrouds
Ancient Origins article on jade cong and bi.
8. Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500-1600 B.C.E. Sandstone.
Official Tourism Website
9. The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke.
Stories from Papua New Guinea
10. Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatilco. 1200-900 B.C.E. Ceramic.
The “Pretty Ladies” of Tlatilco, Mexico article
11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Soloman Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised).
4,000 miles down the Lapitan Pottery Trail
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lapi/hd_lapi.htm
News report on rising sea levels
www.britannica.com/place/Solomon-Islands