19 Facts About Prehistoric art

Some oldest undisputed works of figurative Prehistoric art were found in the Schwabische Alb, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Rock Prehistoric art is found in Scandinavia and northern Russia, and around the Mediterranean in eastern Spain and the earliest of the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica in northern Italy, but not in between these areas.

Examples of portable Prehistoric art include painted pebbles from the Azilian culture which succeeded the Magdalenian, and patterns on utilitarian objects, like the paddles from Tybrind Vig, Denmark.

The Rock Prehistoric art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, which probably spreads across from the Upper Paleolithic, is a widespread phenomenon, much less well known than the cave-paintings of the Upper Paleolithic, with which it makes an interesting contrast.

The figures are much smaller than the animals of Paleolithic Prehistoric art, and depicted much more schematically, though often in energetic poses.

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Rock Prehistoric art, showing scenes from the religious rituals have been found in many areas, for example in Bohuslan, Sweden and the Val Camonica in northern Italy.

Megalithic Prehistoric art was still sometimes practiced, examples include the carved limestone pillars of the sanctuary at Entremont in modern-day France.

Famous late 4th century BCE Waldalgesheim chariot burial in the Rhineland produced many fine examples of La Tene Prehistoric art including a bronze flagon and bronze plaques with repousse human figures.

The rock Prehistoric art is in the Ethiopian-Arabian style, dated to 1000 to 3000 BCE.

Pastoral Period Prehistoric art was more focused on domestic scenes, including herding and dancing.

Occasionally, Prehistoric art panels are accompanied by Tifinagh script, still in use by the Berber people and the Tuareg today; however, modern Tuareg are generally unable to read these inscriptions.

Imagery in all manner of Prehistoric art included sometimes fantastic imagery such as jaguars, snakes, and human–animal composites, much of it seemingly inspired by the jungles to the east.

The portable Prehistoric art associated with this time included sophisticated metalworking, including alloying of metals and soldering.

Moche Prehistoric art is again notably distinctive, expressive and dynamic in a way that many other Andean cultures were not.

The Prehistoric art often featured everyday images, but seemingly always with a ritual intent.

The portable Prehistoric art featured "portrait vessels", with figured heads on ceramic vessels, as well as natural imagery like jaguars and raptors.

Much of the Prehistoric art is transitory, drawn in sand or on the human body to illustrate a place, a totem, or a cultural story.

Some Aboriginal Prehistoric art appears as abstract to modern viewers; Aboriginal Prehistoric art employs geometrical figures, dots and lines to present the story being told.

Gwion Gwion rock Prehistoric art are one of many styles of rock Prehistoric art found in Western Australia.