#aurignacian

[memories-of-ancients]

Horse figurine carved from mammoth ivory, discovered in a cave in Germany, aprox. 32,000 - 35,000 years old

[tyrannoninja]

Couple of quick sketchbook doodles today. First is an attacking Aurignacian woman from late Pleistocene Europe, and the second is a preening Deinonychus.

[bigsoggyballs]

Flight of the geese.

More ice age oc art.

[bush-or-bald]

A-aea (Spear and Fang): Bush or Bald?

A-aea is a "cro-magnon," a now discarded term for the first anatomically modern humans in Europe. Today, we call them Aurignacians. Aurignacian blades were crude stone implements that no lady should ever put near her lady cave.

Verdict: bush

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

Libor Balák - A Shaman of the Aurignacian Culture

[whereishermes]

Ancient Cave Art | Chauvet, France

The cave of Chauvet in the Ardéche Valley of France contains the earliest known art made by humans—depictions of bears, panthers, horses, and more, made 30,000 years ago. Examining this art closely gives us much information about the humans who created it—what their lives, beliefs, and environment must have been like. Because these cave paintings represent some of the earliest human artistic…

[thepastisalreadywritten]

A 34,000 year old Aurignacian lunar calendar carved on a bone-tablet, found in Dordogne in France.

Louvre Museum

NOTE:

The Aurignacian is an archaeological industry of the Upper Paleolithic associated with Early European Modern Humans (EEMH) lasting from 43,000 to 26,000 years ago.

[gothlovingoth]

Archeologists think they have found the use of a small bone fragment punctured by 10 equidistant small holes dated to nearly 40 000 years ago. Through experimental archeology, a method that uses the known tools and materials of the time to recreate the object, they reverse engineered its making.

With the use of burin and a heavier hammer-like object, they were able to reproduce very similar results. Placing a piece of heavy leather upon the bone and using the tools the pierce it, they were able to recreate the same rounded out marks. Not only does the technique work, it provides an explanation as well. The bone was used as backing in the process of puncturing leather in preparation for sewing it.

TL;DR a team of archeologists figured out the purpose of a 40 000 years old object because the technique and tools that made it are still used today in leather working.

[fredpheiffer]

Palaeolithic horses painted in the Chauvet Cave at Ardèche in the south of France.

do you ever see paleolithic art and go “oh fuck that’s good” like they hadn’t developed agriculture or the wheel but god damn could they paint horses real good

[ancestorsalive]

Prepare to be amazed by this astounding relic of humanity's past: a 35,000-year-old mammoth sculpture unearthed from the depths of Vogelherd Cave in Germany, discovered way back in 1931.

This isn't just any old trinket; it's one of the earliest ivory carvings known to mankind.

At a minuscule 3.7 cm (1.5 inches) long and weighing in at a featherlight 7.5 grams (0.26 ounces), this woolly mammoth figurine packs a punch with its intricate details, boasting an elegantly arched trunk and a striking crosshatch pattern on its tiny feet.

Radiocarbon dating proudly associates it with the Aurignacian culture—yes, that’s the era when modern humans first strolled into Europe.

So, what does this delicate masterpiece scream about the artistic flair and cultural depth of our early ancestors?

It's time to dig deep and confront what this craftsmanship reveals about the minds of those who came before us.

[memories-of-ancients]

Life in Paleolithic Europe 35,000 Years Ago

from Stefan Milo

[tyrannoninja]

Zlatý kůň Woman In Color

This is my second reconstruction of the Zlatý kůň woman who lived in the area of the Czech Republic around 43,000 years ago. She would represent some of the earliest Upper Paleolithic human settlers to colonize Eurasia from Africa, although analysis of her genome suggests she was ancestral neither to European nor Asian people today and descended from a population predating the West/East Eurasian split. Contrary to some other artistic reconstructions of this specimen, it is likely that, as relatively recent arrivals in Europe, she and her people had retained dark skin from their African ancestors.

[bigsoggyballs]

Prehistory-posting

[octotomo]

Splatoon: The Vestigial Species - Design Ideas (Europe)

If you have not viewed the main post first, please do so. Otherwise, here is a list of archaeological cultures which you are free to choose from to use as an inspiration when designing your human society!

Paleolithic/Mesolithic

Bohunician Culture

Aurignacian Culture

Gravettian Culture

Epigravettian Culture

Solutrean Culture

Magdalenian Culture

Azilian Culture

Maglemosian Culture

Kongemose Culture

Ertebølle Culture

Dnieper-Donets Culture

Pitted Ware Culture

Neolithic

Sesklo Culture

Neolithic Greece

Starčevo–Körös–Criș Culture

Vinča Culture

Karanovo Culture

Gumelniţa Culture

Linear Pottery Culture

Stroke-Ornamented Ware Culture

Rössen Culture

Lengyel Culture

Cardium Pottery Culture

Cucuteni-Trypillia Culture

Michelsberg Culture

Funnelbeaker Culture

Tisza Culture

Globular Amphora Culture

Ozieri Culture

Baden Culture

Bronze Age

-Pastoral

Samara Culture

Khvalynsk Culture

Repin Culture

Yamnaya Culture

Catacomb Culture

Vučedol Culture

Poltavka Culture

Fatyanovo Culture

Abashevo Culture

Sintashta Culture

Srubnaya Culture

-Sedentary

Corded Ware Culture

Bell Beaker Culture

Únětice Culture

Tumulus Culture

Nordic Bronze Age

Terramare Culture

Apennine Culture

Wessex Culture

Atlantic Bronze Age

Hallstatt Culture

Urnfield Culture

Helladic Culture

Cycladic Culture

-Civilizations

Minoan Civilization

Mycenaean Civilization

[historyfiles]

Kebaran Culture: the Palaeolithic's regionally-dominant Levantine Aurignacian made a transition into the Kebaran or Kebarian culture, the very start of the path towards farming.