Web Directory

» Chauvet Through the Eyes of a Sculptor
   Sculptor John Robinson was invited to give an artist's view of the prehistoric art of the Cave of Chauvet Pont d'Arcby. The Bradshaw Foundation hosts his illustrated commentary.
   http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/

» Cosquer Cave
   The French Ministry of Culture describes a Paleolithic art gallery in a cave that can be accessed only through a 175-metre tunnel beneath sea level. Photographs of the animal drawings and hand stencils that decorate it.
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/archeosm/en/fr-cosqu1.htm

» Entoptic Imagery in People and Their Art
   Linda Thurston's Masters thesis explores entoptic imagery in Paleolithic cave art, and controversy regarding shamanism and trance states. Extensive bibliography.
   http://home.comcast.net/~markk2000/thurston/thesis.html

» First Human Creations
   A gallery of rock art from the caves at Lascaux in France.
   http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis/prerm4.htm

» Palaeolithic Art
   The State Hermitage Museum: illustrated collection highlights. Artifacts from the Caucasus, Crimea, Russian steppes, Siberia and Altai.
   http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1.html

» Paleolithic Art Magazine
   Promotes acknowledgment and interpretation of paleolithic art everywhere in the world, and of the origins of Man. In English and Italian.
   http://www.paleolithicartmagazine.org/

» Paleolithic Art of the Pyrenees
   A gallery of artwork from the Magdalenian cultural horizon from the French Ministry of Culture.
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/app/eng/artprepy.htm

» Signs of Consciousness : Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics
   by J. A. Cheyne : from Paleo-Psychology
   http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/signcon.html

» The Cave of Chauvet Pont-D'Arc
   Decorated Paleolithic cave in the Ardèche region of France. The Ministry of Culture describes its discovery, authentication and preservation. The context and research. Virtual tour.
   http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/

» The Dawn of Prehistoric Rock Art
   An article by James Q. Jacobs summarizing the earliest known rock art, with a focus on recently discovered painted caves in Paleolithic Europe, Grotto Cosquer and Grotto Chauvet.
   http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/dawn.html

» Women in Prehistory: The Venus of Willendorf
   Illustrated essay by Christopher Witcombe of Sweet Briar College on this famous figure and the history of its discovery, with bibliography.
   http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html