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Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Points for Studying Global Prehistory
This is a handy study guide for key points about prehistoric times, specifically art during this period. Includes definitions and a specific details about each continent during this period.
BBC
Bbc: History: British Prehistory
Site from BBC contains information on the Britons, the Tribes of Britain, the Mummies of Cladh Hallan, Life in an Iron Age Village, and more information on the prehistoric British Isles. Archived.
Other
Perigord and Prehistory
A bilingual site, though the English is NOT a translation of the French (if you can read both, you will get more information), on the prehistoric sites to be found in Perigord, with lots of photos.
Read Works
Read Works: Pre History Prehistoric People
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about prehistoric people and scientists who study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
BBC
Bbc: British Prehistory: Iron Age Tasks
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life. Archived.
Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central: Prehistory
Find a chronological listing of the different prehistoric cultures living primarily in Ohio from the Paleoindian period to the late prehistoric period. Hyperlinks lead to individual sites about the particular cultures.
Missouri State University
Delaware Town: Prehistoric Occupation
Discover facts about the prehistory of Missouri which is divided into four broad stages (Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian) and each of those is then divided into three periods (Early, Middle, and Late).
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: World History Chronology: Altamira Cave Paintings
An article on the prehistoric cave paintings in Altamira, Spain. Notes the differences between these paintings and other paleolithic cave art.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Prehistoric Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where young scholars refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, students are asked to research the four stages of cultural development in...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine
This fascinating and unique prehistoric sculpture of a dog-like animal was discovered accidentally in 1870 in Tequixquiac, Mexicocan. Anthropologists are not certain of this object's original meaning for either the artist or the people...
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Khan Academy: Origins of Rock Art in Africa
Personal ornamentation and engraved designs are the earliest evidence of art in Africa and are inextricably tied up with the development of human cognition. View pictures and read about prehistoric art in Africa.
Other
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
This site can be viewed in 3 different languages. When a language is chosen information about the institute comes up and icons are presented for more information.
Other
French Government Site: The Cave at Lascaux
This official government site for the Cave at Lascaux can be viewed in English, French, German and Spanish. This site provides a virtual tour, fun facts, a timeline, and more.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Origins of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There is good evidence that life has probably existed on Earth for most of Earth's history. Fossils of blue-green algae found in Australia are the oldest fossils of...
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Khan Academy: Apollo 11 Stones
The Apollo 11 Stones remain the oldest examples of figurative art from the African continent. Their discovery contributes to our conception of early humanity's creative attempts, before the invention of formal writing, to express their...
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Khan Academy: Ambum Stone
The Ambum Stone is prized above all others not only for its age-it is one of the oldest of all sculptures made in Oceania-but also for its highly detailed sculptural qualities. View pictures and read about the history and mysteries...
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Khan Academy: Rock Art in North Africa
Algeria hosts a rich rock art concentration. The most renowned of all these areas is the Tassili n'Ajjer described as "forests of stone". View pictures and read a brief history of rock art in Africa.
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Khan Academy: Terracotta Fragments, Lapita People
Archaeologists get very excited when they find pieces of Lapita pottery. Why? Because the sequential depositing of potsherds (fragments of pottery) in an easterly direction across the island groups of the Pacific has become the pivotal...
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Khan Academy: Running Horned Woman, Tassili N'ajjer
Who was the Running Horned Woman? For so long the search for meaning in rock art was considered impossible-only recently have scholars endeavored to move beyond the mere description of images and styles using a variety of...
Other
Foundation of the Hellenic World: Hellenic History
A site devoted to presenting the history of Greece all the way back to the Stone Age. Choose which period you want to know more about, then choose English for a translation.
Curated OER
Pottery
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life.
Curated OER
Forging
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life.
Curated OER
Collecting Water
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life.
Curated OER
Curing Animal Skin
Read about and view images of Iron Age tasks.Twelve images and descriptions demonstrate a variety of tools that Iron Age Britons used to accomplish tasks necessary for everyday life.