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- Archaeological sites
  - La Gravette, the original site for the Gravettian toolmaking and venus carving culture
  - Castel-Merle, Vallon des Roches
  - La Madeleine
  - Roc-de-Cave
  - The Venus of Abri Pataud, as well as the site of Abri Pataud
  - Wonderwerk Cave - stone tools made by Homo habilis
  - North American sites - When did people first reach North America?
  - Liujiang - ancient modern human skull
  - The Hobbits of Flores, Homo floresiensis
  - Ötzi the Iceman
  - The Dmanisi Site, Homo Erectus
  - Neanderthal Symbolism - this is a translation of an excellent article discussing artefacts from many Neanderthal sites.
  - 80 000 to 100 000 years old hominin skull found in China - this is thought to be a transitional type between erectus and sapiens.
  - The Côa Valley in Portugal - The Côa Valley has the most exceptional concentration of rock carvings from the Upper Palaeolithic.
  - Proto Lepenski Vir and Lepenski Vir Ia - a mesolithic site on the Donau.
  - Lepenski Vir Ib-e, II, III - a mesolithic site on the Donau.
  - Kostenki and other sites on the Don River
    - The Kostenki - Borshevo, Костенки - Борщево region on the Don River
    - The Don River south and north of Kostenki
    - Life along the River Don from the recent past - Stories from Dmitry Nikonorovich, born in 1927 - Жизнь недалеко от Дона в недалекое прошлое Истории от Дмитрия Никоноровича 1927 года рождения
  - Zaraysk - Zaraysk is part of the Kostenki / Avdeevo group, and is the northenmost example of this culture.
  - Australian Archaeological Sites - Carnarvon Gorge, Naracoorte Caves, Lake Mungo and Mount Yarrowyck near Armidale NSW
    - Carnarvon Gorge - an Aboriginal Rock Stencil Art site, with engravings of vulvas, emu and kangaroo tracks - Carnarvon Gorge lies within the spectacular and rugged ranges of Queensland's central highlands. The fragile aboriginal art on the gorge's sandstone walls reflects a rich culture. Ochre stencils of tools, weapons, ornaments and ceremonial objects, as well as engravings and grooves where tools were sharpened provide an insight into the lives of the gorge's first people.
    - Naracoorte Caves - Naracoorte Caves in South Australia is in an area of limestone in which ground water has dissolved some of the limestone, creating the caves. The caves are often not far below ground, and holes opened up creating traps for the unwary. This is the source of the remarkable collection of fossils.
    - Lake Mungo
      - Mungo Hominins - At 40 000 years old, Mungo Man and Mungo Lady remain Australia's oldest human burials and the earliest evidence on Earth of cultural sophistication
      - Mungo Footprints - Hundreds of human footprints dating back to about 20 000 BC have been found at the site.
      - Mungo Tools
      - Mungo - The Walls of China
      - Animals of Mungo
        
        The Burrowing Bettong
        
        The Giant Kangaroo
        
        The Giant Wombat
        
        The Feral Animals of Lake Mungo
        
        Other Animals of Lake Mungo
  - Peștera cu Oase - the world's most inaccessible human fossil site, a cave in the foothills of Romania's Carpathian Mountains.
  - Mamontovaya Kurya - Traces of human occupation nearly 40 000 years old have been discovered at Mamontovaya Kurya, a Palaeolithic site situated in the Russian Arctic.
  - Avdeevo - The Avdeevo site on the Russian plain belongs to the Kostenki-Avdeevo archaeological culture.
  - Lucy's Baby - Lucy's Baby is the most complete and important skeleton of an immature Pliocene hominin ever found.
  - Location Maps and Themes of Cave Paintings
  - French and Spanish Caves and Rock Shelters
  - Grottes et Abris-sous-Roche Français et Espagnols
  - Font de Gaume in the French Dordogne
  - Pech Merle - Pech Merle is a cave in the south of France, discovered in 1922 by two teenagers. 300 m of the walls are painted.
  - Laugerie Haute - The Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii (from the books by Jean Auel concerning Ice Age times) is based on Laugerie Haute.
  - Laugerie Basse
  - L'abri des Marseilles
  - Dordogne Sites
    - Scenes from the Dordogne
    - Cooking Clan style
    - Making fire with flint and marcasite
  - The Alexis Project - Prehistory of the Oltenia region of Romania
  - Sungir / Sunghir - Sungir / Sunghir is a very large early Upper Paleolithic living site located on the outskirts of the city of Vladimir, 192 km from Moscow
  - The Iron Gates - The Iron Gates region of Romania and Serbia is a very important area for the Mesolithic in Europe.
    - Maps of the Iron Gates
      - Map of the Iron Gates for Archaeology Students
      - Map of the Iron Gates for Jean Auel Fans
    - A General Overview of the Iron Gates
    - Per's Iron Gates photos - taken by Per during a motorbike trip along the Danube in 1998.
    - Cuina Turcului - Cuina Turcului is the only rock shelter in the Iron Gates Gorges, and it is the the oldest site in the gorges (most of the others are mesolithic, rather than late palaeolithic)
    - Proto Lepenski Vir and Lepenski Vir Ia - a mesolithic site on the Donau.
    - Lepenski Vir Ib-e, II, III - a mesolithic site on the Donau.
    - Schela Cladovei - The Schela Cladovei site is a Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic (Starcevo-Cris culture) site on the left bank of the Danube, near Drobeta Turnu-Severin.
    - Padina - Padina is a mesolithic site in the Iron Gates area, with affinities to Lepenski Vir culture.
    - Vlasac - Vlasac is a mesolithic site in the Iron Gates area, with affinities to Lepenski Vir culture. The habitations at Vlasac were semi dugouts with the floors made of limestone plaster.
    - Hajducka Vodenica - Hajducka Vodenica is a mesolithic site in the Iron Gates area
    - Gaura Chindiei - The Gaura Chindiei cave is dated to around 10 000 to 8000 BC.
    - Baile Herculane - The site of Pestera Hotilor at the town of Baile Herculane is located in perhaps the most picturesque locale in all of Romania.
    - Golubac - The fortified medieval town of Golubac was built in the second half of the 13th century.
    - Animals of the Iron Gates
    - Old Iron Gates Images
    - The Rock Engravings of Gobustan
  - Dolni Vestonice
    - Dolni Vestonice Photos
    - Dolni Vestonice I - the kiln and encampment
    - Dolni Vestonice II and III - the triple burial.
    - The Ceramic Venus of Dolni Vestonice - the black venus.
    - Jewellery, Pottery and other artefacts from Dolni Vestonice
    - Map of the Dolni Vestonice area - mainly for Jean Auel fans
  - Mezhirich - Houses were constructed of Wooly Mammoth bones when wood and caves were scarce in the last ice age.
  - Mezin - The settlement of Mezin is one of the oldest in the Ukraine. Excavation of this Palaeolithic site showed that it consisted of five household complexes.
  - Shanidar Cave - Shanidar, the cave in Iraq with Neandertal remains discovered by Dr Ralph Solecki.
  - Sudak - For Jean Auel fans - The Clan Fishing site - Sudak on the Crimean coast.
  - Ice Age Babies - discovered at the Krems-Wachtberg site in Austria on the Danube
  - The Krems-Wachtberg mammoth site in Austria on the Danube
  - Mousterian (Neanderthal) Sites
    - Combe-Capelle, a Neanderthal site in Southern France
    - Combe Grenal - a Neanderthal site in the Dordogne valley, France
    - La Micoque open air Neanderthal site
    - La Quina Neanderthal site
    - The Neandertal skeleton from La Chapelle-aux-Saints
    - Saint Césaire Neanderthal skeleton
    - La Ferrassie site and skeletons
    - Kebara II skeleton from Israel
    - Le Moustier - Le Moustier skeletons and the site in the Dordogne.
    - Neanderthal Symbolism - this is a translation of an excellent article discussing artefacts from many Neanderthal sites
    - Le Regourdou Neanderthal skeleton and site
    - Neandertal skeletons at Shanidar Cave in Iraq - Shanidar, the cave in Iraq with Neandertal remains discovered by Dr Ralph Solecki.
    - Other Mousterian Sites and Artefacts
    - Neandertal Models
    - Off-site Links to Neanderthals - Scott's site
  - Other Homo Erectus (Beijing Man, Peking Man) sites
  - Neolithic and later sites
  - The Rock Engravings of Gobustan
  - Chauvet Cave
  - Danish Burial Mounds
  - The Lagar Velho Hybrid Child from Portugal
- Venus Figures from the Stone Age
  - Lalinde / Gönnersdorf Figurines and Engravings
  - The Venus of Willendorf
  - The Venus figures of Neuchâtel and Courbet
  - Other Venus figures from Western Europe
    - The Venus of Moravany
    - Venus of Craiova
    - Venus of Abri Pataud
    - Venus of Monpazier
    - Venus of Sireil
    - Venus of Tursac
    - The Lion Lady - Die Lowenfrau, Die Loewenfrau, Die Löwenfrau, Der Löwen-Mensch, Der Loewen-Mensch, Der Lowen-Mensch
    - Venus de Brassempouy
    - Venus Impudique - The Laugerie Basse Venus, 'Venus Impudique' (Immodest Venus).
    - Lespugue Venus
    - Savignano Venus
    - Figurines of Balzi Rossi
    - Femme à la Corne
    - The Galgenberg Venus - Fanny.
  - Venus of Dolni Vestonice
  - Venus figures from Russia,the Ukraine and sites East of the Donau mouth - Berekhat Ram, Gagarino Venus, Yeliseevichi venus, Kostenki Limestone Venus, Vulva sculpture from Kostienki 1.
    - Venus figures from Avdeevo
  - Tan-Tan Venus - The Tan-Tan venus from Morocco, one of the oldest venuses.
  - Jade Venus from the Hongshan culture. - A facsimile.
- Paintings, Engravings and Sculptures
  - Visiting Times to the caves and art sites
  - Cave Paintings and Sculptures
  - Lascaux Cave - beauty under threat.
  - Niaux Cave
    - Niaux aerial photo, map and plan
    - Niaux art
  - Chauvet Cave
  - Cussac Cave
  - Grotte de Villars
  - Cap Blanc
  - Alta Fjord - Norwegian Rock Art.
  - Open air rock engravings from Bornholm, Denmark
- Animals, Plants, People and Geology
  - Ice Age Animals
  - The bear and cavebear in fact, myth and legend
  - Mammoths, Elephants and the Wooly Rhinoceros
  - The Ice Age in Europe
  - The Tungus - reindeer herders of the Siberian far north
  - Modern Reindeer People
  - Australian Aboriginal trade routes, tools and water sources in the desert
  - The Sacred Root - This label has meaning only for Jean Auel Fans. The Sacred Root may be Mandrake or Tabernanthe iboga, or an amalgam of the two for literary purposes.
  - Goldenthread - A contraceptive mentioned in Jean Auel's books on the ice ages.
  - Raising a Frozen Mammoth
  - Geology for Jean Auel Fans
- Tools and Decorative Objects of the Stone Age
- Forgeries, Hoaxes and Curiosities
- Maps of the Earth's Children Series
- Building good looking stone walls Building good looking stone walls, using concrete foundations, mortar, and formwork, a method even beginners can tackle sucessfully.
- Bushwalking - This is an overview of a wonderful part of the world - the gorge country east of Armidale in northern NSW Australia, in which I spend as much time as I can exploring and walking.
  - The Lower Chandler River - From the Long Point shelter shed ridge to the Macleay.
  - Thunderbolt's Lookout is a short easy walk in the Torrington area.
  - From the mountains to the sea - This is a classic walk from the escarpment of the New England National Park down Grass Tree ridge, along the upper Bellinger River, then kayaking from Bellingen to Urunga along the lower Bellinger River.
  - Dangars Falls and Salisbury Waters - This is one of the easiest ways into the gorge country, catering for all levels of fitness and interest.
  - Mihi Gorge - This short gorge with the Mihi Falls at its head is the first named tributary of Salisbury Waters.
  - Sarum Lookout, Salisbury Waters and McDirtys Lookout - This is an interesting daywalk for those willing to go off the track.
  - Dangars Falls Gorge - A route for rockclimbers rather than bushwalkers.
  - Chandler River - A challenging area for experienced bushwalkers, and a wonderful part of the world.
  - The Apsley River and Green Gully Creek - A classic river walk, starting from Budds Mare.
  - Apsley Gorge Track - The gorge rim between Walcha and Armidale.
- Cycling - Cycling for 500 to 700 km over one or two weeks on fully supported rides is a great way to see Australia.
- Paintings of ancient times - Giovanni Caselli
- Per's diary and photos - Per's Plains of Passage trip from the Donau mouth to France by motorcycle in 1998. Most photos on the clickable map are by courtesy of Per.
- An evening with Jean Auel - Various interviews with Jean Auel, talks by her, memories of talks by Jean, inconsistencies in the EC books.
  - An Evening with Jean Auel
  - Inconsistencies
- Editable websites - and custom software for all businesses, including the RaceTiming system for V8 Supercars. -
- Wattle Day in Australia
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