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Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.One of two busts,decorated with bitumen-mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed chalk and sand over an armature of reed-bundles.One of two busts,decorated with bitumen-mastic,white plaster and ochre paint. Found in 1983/85 in the "statue-pit" at Ain-Ghazal,Jordan.
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These are the oldest known human statues modelled from lime-plaster,crushed cha...

Statue of a warrior deity, embossed sheet bronze, eyes of glass paste; from St.Maure en-Chaussee, Oise, France.
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Statue of a warrior deity, embossed sheet bronze, eyes of glass paste; from St.M...

Gallery of engraved stones in the Tumulus of Gavrinis that leads to a circular funeral chamber. The gallery is lined by 29 upright slabs and 9 roof slabs. 40th-30th BCE
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Gallery of engraved stones in the Tumulus of Gavrinis that leads t...

The Gulf of Morbihan ("Little Sea"), location of 3000 megaliths, menhirs and dolmens in Brittany. 5000-2000 BCE. Neolithic to Early Bronze Age.
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The Gulf of Morbihan ("Little Sea"), location of 3000 megalit...

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 1099 upright stones arranged in thirteen rows in the alignment of Menec, Carnac,Brittany.
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Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 1099 upright stones arra...

Two reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses, reconstruction. Left: store-house. Right: living quarters. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE) From Roeschitz, Austria
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Two reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses, reconstruction....

Two reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses. Reconstruction. Interior of sleeping quarters. Floor level 101 cm below ground level. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE). From Roeschitz, Austria
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Two reed-thatched Aunjetitz houses. Reconstruction. Interior...

Bronze ingot rings, the trade form of bronze. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE)
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Bronze ingot rings, the trade form of bronze...

Jewelry from Gemeinlebarn and Feuersbrunn, Lower Austria. Wheel-pin and disk-pins. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE)
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Jewelry from Gemeinlebarn and Feuersbrunn, Lower Austria. Wheel-pin...

Fluted bronze cuff-braclets. Early Bronze Age (1800-1500 BCE)
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Fluted bronze cuff-braclets. Early Bronze Age (1800-1...

Stone tumulus with two apertures from Pitten, Austria, for burial under the ground. Middle Bronze Age (1500-1200 BCE), Tumulus Culture.
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Stone tumulus with two apertures from Pitten, Austria, fo...