#aurignacian

[memories-of-ancients]

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

[bigsoggyballs]

Flight of the geese.

More ice age oc art.

[tyrannoninja]

Paleolithic Commerce

40,000 years ago on the grassy steppes of Pleistocene Europe, a Neanderthal trader plies some exquisite furs of his to an Aurignacian (Homo sapiens) couple. Although modern humans like the Aurignacians would end up displacing the Neanderthals in Europe, some peaceful interactions between the two hominin lineages must have taken place, especially considering the genetic evidence for interbreeding between them in Eurasia.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[memories-of-ancients]

Life in Paleolithic Europe 35,000 Years Ago

from Stefan Milo

[bigsoggyballs]

Prehistory-posting

[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.

[covenawhite66]

Inside Vogelherd Cave scientists discovered 1,713 tools made from bone, antlers, or ivory, 479 kg of bones from hunted animals, 28 kg of mammoth ivory, and 326 pierced pendants/pieces of jewelry.

These archaeological finds were from an Aurignacian culture. An upper Paleolithic people identified by shared stone tools and living locations.

[blackbearmagic]

watching a documentary about the Aurignacian culture and crying about cave art