Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper...

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Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago. Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France. Figurative art occurred for the first time in Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic period. Paints were from natural sources such as ochre, manganese and chalk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/cave-painting.htm http://www.musee-prehistoire-eyzies.fr/homes/home_id24921_u1l2.htm Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1928.293.a-c ) http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrar y/

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Page 1: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Pigment blocks

Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed.

Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago. Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France.

Figurative art occurred for the first time in Europe during the Upper Palaeolithic period. Paints were from natural sources such as ochre, manganese and chalk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochrehttp://www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/cave-painting.htm http://www.musee-prehistoire-eyzies.fr/homes/home_id24921_u1l2.htm

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1928.293.a-c )http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 2: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Vinca figurine

Figurine of seated person, with incised and painted decoration probably representing clothing.Late Neolithic (Vinča period), about 4500-4000 BCVinča-Belo Brdo tell, Serbia

http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/vinca/vinca_eng.htmlhttp://www.iianthropology.org/sitesvinca1.html

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1939.68 )http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 3: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Tripolye figurine

Female figurine, with traces of painted decoration.Late Neolithic (Late Tripolye period) about 3800–3400 BC.

Koshylivtsi, Ukraine

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p730x143t0207u83/http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/exhibitions/oldeurope/sites/all/themes/isaw/Figurines_Of_Old_Europe.pdf

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1910.1196 )http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 4: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Danish flint dagger

Flint dagger with ‘fish-tailed’ hilt.Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age, about 2400-1800 BCSjælland, Denmark

http://oldtiden.natmus.dk/udstillingen/bondestenalderen/hindsgavldolllken/language/uk/

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1927.4848 )http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 5: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Ballyshannon gold disc (‘Sun disc’)

Decorated disc of sheet gold.Late Neolithic (metal-using), about 2400 –2100 BC. Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Republic of Ireland

http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/IrishAntiquitiesDPJ1-31/index.phphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banc_Ty'ndd%C3%B4l_sun-disc

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1836 p.139.372)

http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 6: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Decorated lunula

Gold Lunula (neck ornament) with inscribed designsLate Neolithic (metal-using), 2200-2000 BC.Co. Cork, Ireland

http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/info/objectsandtechniques.aspxhttp://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/british_isles/ireland/2200-800BC/gold

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1927.2931)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 7: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Oculus bowl

Bowl decorated with oculus (eye) motif.Iberian Copper Age, about 3200-2300 BCLos Millares, Almería, Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Millareshttp://www.losmillares.info/

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1896-1908 Pr.129) http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 8: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Radley composite necklace

Composite necklace of amber, jet and faience beads.Early Bronze Age, 1900-1700 BCRadley, Oxfordshire, England.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/BAR1_2008_6_Sheridan_c.pdf

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1937.171) http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 9: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Bronze Age shaft-hole axe

Decorated bronze shaft-hole axe headLate Bronze Age (Br D) about 1400-1200 BCHungary

http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/northern_eastern/2750-750BC/Metalworkinginthecarpathianbasin

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1927.1528)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 10: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Nuraghic figurine

Bronze figurine of a worshipper carrying a ram;Late Bronze Age (Nuraghic), 800-700 BCSardinia

http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/europe/italy/Copper%20and%20bronze%20ages/Nuraghicsardiniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuragic_civilization

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1894.24) http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 11: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Penbryn Spoons

Pair of decorated cast bronze ‘spoons’, perhaps used for divination.Late Iron Age, 50 BC – AD 100Penbryn, Wales.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/bronze_spoons.aspxhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/c02wJXkUTQKJDhabAb9P1Q

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1836 p.147.508)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

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Ucelby torcs (Iron Age)

Two electrum torcs (neck rings)Iron Age, about 120 BC – AD 43Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/i/iron_age_torcs.aspxhttp://johnevans.ashmolean.org/php/artefact-indpage.php?sacc=&sobn=&scoun=&sper=&sprov=&option3=&id=64&fir=8&las=65&submit=Search

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1927.6659-60)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

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Iron Age mirror handle

Decorated bronze handle for iron mirrorLate Iron Age, AD 1-100Ballybogy Bog, Co. Antrim, Ireland

http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/british_isles/england/south-west/800BC-AD43/mirrorshttp://johnevans.ashmolean.org/php/artefact-indpage.php?sacc=&sobn=&scoun=&sper=&sprov=&option3=&id=5&fir=8&las=65&submit=Search

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1927.883)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

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Wittenham Sword (Late Iron Age)

‘The Wittenham Sword’. Iron sword corroded inside elaborately decorated bronze scabbard.Late Iron Age, about 100 BC.From the River Thames at Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England

http://www.ashmolean.org/ash/objectofmonth/2001-02/theobject.htmhttp://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/british_isles/england/northern/800BC-AD43/warfare

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library (AN1982.1096)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

Page 16: Pigment blocks Three blocks of red ochre from which pigment has been removed. Late Upper Palaeolithic (Magdalenian period) about 18,000–12,000 years ago.

Air Photograph of the Uffington White Horse taken by Major George Allen on 5 October 1935

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-archaeology/w-archaeology-places_to_visit/w-archaeology-uffington_white_horse.htmhttp://www.ashmolean.org/ash/britarch/archives/allen-index.html

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library. Reference: Allen 1250 (AA0836) http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

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Air Photograph of Stonehenge by Major George Allen on 8 September 1935

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/stonehenge/history/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/373

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library. Reference: Allen 1160 (AA811)http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

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Excavations at Vinča-Belo Brdo tell, Serbia, in the 1930s

Photographs taken by the official site photographer, Miss Fanny Foster.

Type site for the Vinča cultural tradition, about 5500 to 4000 BC in Central and Eastern Europe.

http://www.rastko.rs/arheologija/vinca/vinca_eng.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_culture

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/

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Watercolours from the Ramsauer excavations at the Early Iron Age cemetery at Hallstatt, Austria, 1846-63

Left: Burial 181Below: Hallstätter See (Lake Hallstatt)

http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/BR0049_083_A.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt_culturehttp://whc.unesco.org/en/list/806/

Photograph: Ashmolean Picture Library http://www.ashmolean.org/services/picturelibrary/