Jar guan

Neolithic & Paleolithic Timeline

By ymuhammad18
  • Period: 35,000 BCE to 20,000 BCE

    Paleolithic Art

    Characteristics of art of sculpture of the paleolithic period. Works Cited
    Bedworth, Candy, and Candy Bedworth. “Portable Prehistoric Gods and Goddesses.” DailyArt Magazine, 12 Sept. 2024, www.dailyartmagazine.com/mobiliary-prehistoric-gods.
    The Venus of Dolní Vestonice, the Oldest Known Ceramic Figurine: History of Information.
  • Woolly Mammoth
    33,000 BCE

    Woolly Mammoth

    Woolly Mammoth, c. 33 000-35 000 BCE, Vogelherd Cave, Swabian Jura, Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren, Blauberen, Germany This ivory mammoth carving is one of the oldest in the world, measuring a mere 37mm across! Carvings of animals are a common sight in paleolithic art and demonstrate not only the technical skill of our ancestors, but their reverence for the natural world.
  • Venus of Dolní Věstonice
    25,000 BCE

    Venus of Dolní Věstonice

    Venus of Dolní Věstonice, c. 29,000-25,000 BCE, Moravian Basin, Moravské zemské museum, Brno, Czech Republic The Venus of Dolní Věstonice was uncovered in the Moravian basin of Central Europe. It stands as an exemplary instance of a Venus figure both in form but also the purpose these figures might have served. That being to act as charms to promote fertility or even simply to worship the female form.
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 2050 BCE

    Neolithic Art

    Characteristics of art in the neolithic period.
    Works Cited
    Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art. “Animals in Ancient Near Eastern Art.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1 Feb. 2014, www.metmuseum.org/essays/animals-in-ancient-near-eastern-art.
    Hongshan culture, pendant in form of a mask, c. 3500–3000 B.C.E. (late Neolithic period), jade (nephrite), 5.7 x 17.2 x .4 cm (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC)
  • Jar (Guan)
    3300 BCE

    Jar (Guan)

    Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Jar (Guan), c. 3300–2050 BCE, Ceramic, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA. The importance of pottery in early human civilization cannot be overstated. The existence of pottery is the result of the need to store excess food with in an agricultural society. It marks an important lifestyle shift going into the Neolithic age.
  • Head of a Ram
    3100 BCE

    Head of a Ram

    Late Uruk, Mesopotamian Culture, Head of a Ram, c.3500-3100BCE, Ceramic, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA.
    Unearthed in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk, this highly detailed ram head signals a vital shift in human culture. That being the shift from a nomadic to a sedimentary, agricultural lifestyle here domesticated animals made up an important part of people’s livelihoods.
  • Pendant in Form of a Mask
    3000 BCE

    Pendant in Form of a Mask

    Hongshan Culture, Pendant in Form of a Mask, c.3500-3000 BCE, Jade (nephrite), Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Ornate charms are nothing new in the world of prehistoric art, however materials such as jade require advanced techniques and additional efforts in mining and collecting that are not seen in the ivory and stone artifacts of the Paleolithic.