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37. Bhimbetka Rock Paintings (c.9,000-7,000
BCE)
Paintings and Stencil Art
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic
Madhya Pradesh, India (see above for Auditorium Rock Shelter)
[For more, see: India:
Painting & Sculpture]
38. Pachmari Hills Rock Paintings
(c.9,000–3,000 BCE)
Drawings & Paintings with Pigments on Sandstone
Mesolithic Period
Satpura Range of Central India
39. Wonderwerk Cave Engravings (c.8,200
BCE)
Geometric Designs, Ideomorphs and Representations of Animals
African Neolithic Period
Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
40. Tassili-n-Ajjer Rock Art (c.8,000
BCE)
Paintings and Engravings
Archaic Tradition
Tassili-n-Ajjer, Algeria, N Africa
41. Ancient Persian Pottery (c.8,000-7,000
BCE)
Oldest Known Example of Iranian Ceramic Ware
Neolithic Period
Ganj Dareh (Valley of Treasure), Kermanshah, Iran (Persia)
[See also: Ancient Perian Art]
42. Jiahu Carvings (c.7,000–5,700
BCE)
Turquoise Carvings, Bone Flutes
Mesolithic Period
Yellow River Basin of Henan Province, Central China
43. Coldstream Burial Stone (c.6,000
BCE)
Coloured Engravings on Quartzite Stone
Mesolithic Period
Lottering River, Western Cape Province, South Africa
44. Goddess Figurine (c.5,500 BCE)
Oldest Example of Terracotta Sculpture from Asia Minor
Neolithic Period
Catalhoyuk, Anatolia, Turkey
45. Egyptian Female Figurines (c.5,500-3,000
BCE)
Small Carved Figures: Bone, Ivory, Stone (Ornamented with Lapis Lazuli)
Egyptian Predynastic Period (esp Naquada I Period, 4000-3500 BCE)
[See also: Egyptian Art]
46. Chalcolithic Pottery from Persia
(c.5,000-3,500 BCE)
Ceramic Ware painted with Human, Bird, Plant or Animal Motifs
Chalcolithic Culture
Iran (Persia)
[See also Ceramic Art]
47. Thinker of Cernavoda (c.5,000
BCE)
Iconic Terracotta Fine Art Sculpture
Mesolithic Hamangia Culture
Romania
48. Fish God of Lepenski Vir (c.5,000
BCE)
Sandstone Carving of Therianthropic Figure
Mesolithic Period
Danube Settlement of Lepenski Vir, Serbia
[see also: Stone Sculpture]
49. Samarra and Halaf Plates (c.5,000
BCE)
Ceramic Dish with Figurative or Geometric Decoration
Samarra/Halaf Style, Mesolithic Period
Iraq and Syria
50. Dabous Giraffe Engravings (c.4,000
BCE)
Saharan Rock Engravings
Taureg Culture
Agadez, Niger, Africa
[See also: Tribal Art]
Prehistoric Art: More Examples
Valdivia Figurines (c.4,000–3,000
BCE)
First 3-D representational images in the Americas, in Limestone and Marble
Neolithic Period
Real Alto and Loma Alta sites, Ecuador
Pig Dragon Pendant (c.3,800 BCE)
Example of Ancient Jade Carving
Hongshan Culture
Tomb 4, Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning Province, NE China
Ram in the Thicket (c.2500 BCE)
Sculpture in gold-leaf, copper, lapis lazuli, red limestone
Early Dynastic
Great Death Pit, Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Maikop Gold Bull (c.2,500 BCE)
Gold Sculpture (Lost-Wax Casting Method)
Maikop Culpture
North Caucasus, Russia
The Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-Daro
(c.2,500 BCE)
Marvellous Bronze Figurine Sculpture
Harappan Culture, Indus Valley Civilization, India
[For more, see: Bronze Sculpture]
Chinese Bronzeworks (from c.1,750
BCE)
Bronze Plaques/Sculptures (Piece-Mold Casting) with Jade Decoration
Xia Realm and later Shang Dynasty Period
Yellow River Basin of Henan Province, Central China
[For more, see: Chinese Art]
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