World Regions, 20,000–8,000 b.c. - Cave Art
Chauvet Cave (ca. 30,000 b.c.)
Chauvet Cave. A pride of lions hunt bison, one of the rarest scenes ever found in Paleolithic art.
Blackwater Draw (ca. 9500–3000 b.c.)
Two projectile points, a Clovis (right) and a Folsom (left), excavated from Blackwater Draw. Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Fell's Cave (9000–8000 b.c.)
Fishtail projectile points excavated from Fell's Cave. Courtesy of the American Museum of
China, 8000–2000 b.c.
Basin (pen), Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, ca. 3200–2700 B.C. Gansu Province, China Earthenware with painted decoration; Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)