Mammoth-bone house from Ukraine, c. 16,000 - 10,000 BCE.

Lion-Human figure from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany. c. 30,000 - 26,000 BCE. Mammoth ivory, height 11 5/8". Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany.

The Woman of Willendorf , Austria. c. 22,000 - 21,000 BCE. Limestone, height 43/8 " (11 cm). Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.

The Woman from Ostrava Petrkovice , Czech Republic. c. 23,000 BCE. Hematite, height 13/4 " (4.6 cm). Archaeological Institute, Brno.

The Woman from Brassempouy , Grotte du Pape, Brassempouy, Landes, France. c. 22,000 BCE. Ivory, height 11/4" (3 cm). Musée des Antiquités Nationales, St.-Germain-en-Laye.

Spotted Horses and Human Hands , Pech-Merle cave, Dordogne, France. Horses c. 16,000 BCE; hands c. 15,000 BCE. Paint on limestone.

Bison , on the ceiling of a cave at Altamira, Spain. c. 12,000 BCE. Paint on limestone.

Bull Gallery at Altamira, Spain.

Plan of Lascaux Caves , Dordogne, France.

Hall of Bulls Lascaux caves. c. 15,000 - 13,000 BCE. Paint on limestone.

Bird-Headed Man with Bison and Rhinoceros , Lascaux caves. c. 15,000 - 13,000 BCE. Paint on limestone.

Bison , Le Tuc d'Audoubert, Ariège, France. c. 13,000 BCE. Unbaked clay.

Lamp with ibex design , from La Mouthe cave, Dordogne, France. c. 15,000 - 13,000 BCE. Engraved stone, 63/4 x 43/4" (17.2 x 12 cm). Musée des Antiquit és Nationales, St.-Germain-en-Laye.

Plan, village of Skara Brae , Orkney Islands, Scotland. c. 3100 - 2600 BCE.

House interior, Skara Brae (house 7).

Tomb interior with corbeling and engraved stones , Newgrange, Ireland. c. 3000 - 2500 BCE.

Menhir Alignments at Ménec , Carnac, France. c. 4250 - 3750 BCE.

Stonehenge , Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. c. 2750 - 1500 BCE.

Stonehenge, overview.

Layout of Stonehenge.

Menhir statue of a woman , from Montagnac, France. c. 2000 BCE. Limestone, height approx. 33" (85 cm). Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle et Pr éhistoire, Nîmes.

Figures of a man and a woman from Cernavoda, Romania, c. 4000-3500 BC - Ceramic.

Horse and Sun Chariot and schematic drawing of incised design, from Trundholm, Zealand, Denmark. c. 1800 - 1600 BCE. Bronze, length 231/4" (59.2 cm). National Museum, Copenhagen.

Horse and Sun Chariot (detail).