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  2. Portable art - Wikipedia

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    This is a broader term that encapsulates many forms of the above portable art. Figurative art includes three dimensional statues of animals or humans, and figures carved, imprinted, or painted on media. Figurative art resembles animals or humans, or "figures." Non-figurative; Non-figurative art is abstract designs imprinted on media.

  3. Kendrick's Cave Decorated Horse Jaw - Wikipedia

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    The Kendrick's Cave Decorated Horse Jaw (Welsh: Genogl Ogof Kendrick) is one of the finest pieces of portable artwork dated to the end of the last Ice Age or Late Glacial period that has been found in Britain. [1] Others in Britain include the Robin Hood Cave Horse and the Pin Hole Cave man. It is the oldest known piece of portable art from ...

  4. Art of the Upper Paleolithic - Wikipedia

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    The art of the Upper Paleolithic represents the oldest form of prehistoric art. Figurative art is present in Europe and Southeast Asia, beginning around 50,000 years ago. [1] [2] [3] Non-figurative cave paintings, consisting of hand stencils and simple geometric shapes, are somewhat older, at least 40,000 years old, and possibly as old as ...

  5. Paleolithic flute - Wikipedia

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    Music and sculpture as artistic expression have developed simultaneously among the first humans in Europe, as the region is considered a key area in which various cultural innovations have developed. In addition to recreational and religious purposes, such ritual music might have helped to maintain larger social networks.

  6. Robin Hood Cave Horse - Wikipedia

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    It is the only piece of Upper Paleolithic portable art showing an animal to have been found in Britain. [1] [2] [3] It is now in the British Museum, but normally not on display. In 2013, it was displayed in the exhibition at the British Museum Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind. [4] A replica of the artifact is displayed at the Creswell ...

  7. Prehistoric music - Wikipedia

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    Prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures , beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music in different parts of the world, but still exists in isolated areas.

  8. Aurignacian - Wikipedia

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    The expansion of early modern humans from the Levant where the Levantine Aurignacian stage has been identified. The Aurignacian (/ ɔːr ɪ ɡ ˈ n eɪ ʃ ən /) is an archaeological industry of the Upper Paleolithic associated with Early European modern humans (EEMH) lasting from 43,000 to 26,000 years ago.

  9. Pinhole Cave Man - Wikipedia

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    This is one of only two pieces of British Upper Paleolithic portable art which shows a figure. The other is the Robin Hood Cave Horse, another image engraved on bone, found in the nearby Robin Hood Cave. It is similar to other pictures of male humans known from France at this period.