unit 1: prehistory

Apollo 11 Stones

Quartzite slabs, Namibia, 25,500–25,300 B.C.E.

Great Hall of the Bulls

stone, Lascaux II, 16,000–14,000 B.C.E.

Camelid sacrum

camelid skull, Tequixquiac, Mexico, [date]

Running horned woman

pigment on rock, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, 6,000–4,000 B.C.E.

Beaker with ibex motifs

painted terra-cotta, Susa, Iran, 4200–3500 B.C.E.

Anthropomorphic stele

sandstone, Saudi Arabia, 4000–3000 B.C.E.

Jade cong

carved jade, Liangzhu culture, China, 2500 B.C.E.

Stonehenge

stone, bluestones, England, c. 2550–1600 B.C.E.

The ambum stone

greywacke, 1500 B.C.E., Papua New Guinea

Tlatilco Figurines

ceramic, c. 1200–600 B.C.E., Tlatilco, Mexico

Terra cotta fragment

terracotta fragments, Lapita people, c. 1000 B.C.E.