#1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia.
c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E.
Charcoal on stone.
4 in x 5 in
#2. Great Hall of the Bulls, Cave of Lascaux, France,
15000-13000 BC, paint on limestone, largest animals 18 ft long
#3.
Camelid sacrum bone in the shape of a “canine,”
from Tequixquiac, central Mexico, 14000-7000 BC
3” across diagonally
#4. Running horned woman, from Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria, 6000-4000 BC, pigment on rock
36” tall
#5. Beaker with ibex motifs, from Susa, Iran, 4200-3500 BC, painted terra cotta
11” tall
#6. Anthropomorphic Stele,
from Arabian peninsula, 4000-3000 BC, sandstone
36 inches tall
#7. Cong, from Liangzhu, China, 3300-2200 BC, carved jade
2.25 x 3.5 inches in size
Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England,
c.2500-1600 BC, sandstone
#9. The Ambum Stone, from Ambum Valley, Enga Province,
Papua New Guinea, c.1500 BC, graywacke
8 in tall
#10. Female figurine, from Tlatilco, central Mexico, 1200-900 BC, ceramic,
4 inches tall
#11. Terra cotta fragment, from Lapita, Solomon Islands,
1000 BC,
incised terra cotta,
3 inches in height