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Prehistoric Collection (page 4)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stone Rings - Old Keig, Balquhain, Balgorkar, 1827, (1946). Artist: I Logan

Stone Rings - Old Keig, Balquhain, Balgorkar, 1827, (1946). Artist: I Logan
Stone Rings - Old Keig, Balquhain, Balgorkar, 1827, (1946). From Early Britain, by Jacquetta Hawkes [Collins, London, 1946]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c1830, (1946). Artist: James Bridges

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c1830, (1946). Artist: James Bridges
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c1830, (1946). From Early Britain, by Jacquetta Hawkes [Collins, London, 1946]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge, c1900. Artist: Frith & Co

Stonehenge, c1900. Artist: Frith & Co
Stonehenge, c1900. From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales. [Cassell and Company Ltd. c1900]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Brittany... c1920

Brittany... c1920
Brittany. Still covered by its mighty capstone the Dolmen de Kergavat is one of several near Plouharnel on the way to Carnac, c1920

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Alinements near Carnac, Brittany, France, c1920

Alinements near Carnac, Brittany, France, c1920
Most wondrous of the megalithic remains in the world are the alinements near Carnac. At Kerlescan the menhirs stand in 13 rows, c1920

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge, Wilts, 1776. Artist: Godfrey

Stonehenge, Wilts, 1776. Artist: Godfrey
Stonehenge, Wilts, 1776. [S. Hooper, 1776]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primitive justice: an appeal to the head of the tribe, 1907

Primitive justice: an appeal to the head of the tribe, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The beginnings of commerce: primitive people bartering ivory tusks and bull hides, 1907

The beginnings of commerce: primitive people bartering ivory tusks and bull hides, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric men attacking great cave bears, 1907

Prehistoric men attacking great cave bears, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The early Ice Age, when mammoths roamed the Earth and Man was arising, 1907

The early Ice Age, when mammoths roamed the Earth and Man was arising, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The gigantic vegetation of the Carboniferous Age, 1907

The gigantic vegetation of the Carboniferous Age, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primitive breadmaking, 1894

Primitive breadmaking, 1894. From A Popular History of Science, by Robert Routledge, BSc (Lond.), F.C.S. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited. London, 1894]

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Finds from a Breaker barrow, 1814 (1956)

Finds from a Breaker barrow, 1814 (1956). The Beaker Folk flourished in western Europe in the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age period (c2800-1900 BC)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Lifting of an impost at Stonehenge, 1901, (c1920)

Lifting of an impost at Stonehenge, 1901, (c1920). Restoration of the ancient monument. The Stonehenge complex on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire evolved in a series of stages between about 3100

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge, (c1920)

Stonehenge, (c1920). A reconstruction of the stone circle as it looked up to 5, 000 years ago when it was built, and a view in modern times showing how the stones have fallen over time

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge after restoration, c1920

Stonehenge after restoration, c1920. The Stonehenge complex on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire evolved in a series of stages between about 3100 and 1600 BC

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: A group of triceratops, 20th century

A group of triceratops, 20th century

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: A glyptodon, 20th century

A glyptodon, 20th century. Glyptodon was a large, armoured mammal, related to the armadillo, that lived during the Pleistocene Epoch

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: A diplodocus, 20th century

A diplodocus, 20th century

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Tarr Steps, across the River Barle in Exmoor, Somerset, 1937

Tarr Steps, across the River Barle in Exmoor, Somerset, 1937. Prehistoric clapper bridge near Dulverton, dating from c1000 BC. The largest slab is over 8 feet long and is about 5 feet wide

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Kits Coty house, Kent, 1892

Kits Coty house, Kent, 1892
Kits Coty House, Kent, 1892. Kits Coty House or Kits Coty is the name of the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow on Bluebell Hill near Aylesford in Kent

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Specimens of patination in Britain, 1926

Specimens of patination in Britain, 1926

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Sharp pointed implements, from Henley, Oxfordshire, 1926

Sharp pointed implements, from Henley, Oxfordshire, 1926. A print from A Guide to Antiquities of the Stone Age, third edition, British Museum, Oxford University Press, 1926

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Point of mammoth tusk carved with reindeer, from Montastruc, Bruniquel, France, 1926

Point of mammoth tusk carved with reindeer, from Montastruc, Bruniquel, France, 1926. A print from A Guide to Antiquities of the Stone Age, third edition, British Museum, Oxford University Press, 1926

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c1920s

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c1920s. The Stonehenge complex on Salisbury Plain evolved in a series of stages between about 3100 and 1600 BC

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Idol carved from elk antler, Russian Forest Cultures, 1st half of 2nd millenium BC

Idol carved from elk antler, Russian Forest Cultures, 1st half of 2nd millenium BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The Stone Age. A Feast, 1883. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov

The Stone Age. A Feast, 1883. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov
The Stone Age. A Feast, 1883. Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich (1848-1926). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Egyptian make-up accessories, Pre-Dynastic period, 4th millennium BC. Artist: R Guillemot

Egyptian make-up accessories, Pre-Dynastic period, 4th millennium BC. Artist: R Guillemot
Egyptian make-up accessories, Pre-Dynastic period, 4th millennium BC

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric period container, Egypt, c3500-3200 BC

Prehistoric period container, Egypt, c3500-3200 BC
Prehistoric period container, Egypt. A pot from the Negade II period. From the collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, Germany

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge, c1835. Artist: John Constable

Stonehenge, c1835. Artist: John Constable
Stonehenge, c1835. The Neolithic stone circle on Salisbury Plain is thought to have been used to observe the motions of the moon and sun, and was built about 2, 000 BC

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution, 1894. Artist: Edward Tennyson Reed

Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution, 1894. Artist: Edward Tennyson Reed
Prehistoric Peeps: A Night Lecture on Evolution, 1894. Satirical cartoon showing creatures halfway between men and monkeys listening to a lecture. The lectern is in the form of a pteradoctyl

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Triceratops, a horned dinosaur, held down by a Tyrannosaur, c1920

Triceratops, a horned dinosaur, held down by a Tyrannosaur, c1920. Artists reconstruction of a fight between two giant reptiles of the Cretaceous epoch (99, 000, 000-65, 000, 000 years ago)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Skeleton of Megatherium, extinct giant ground sloth, 1823

Skeleton of Megatherium, extinct giant ground sloth, 1823. Megatherium was a prehistoric herbivore that lived in South America. This specimen was found in Paraguay in c1796

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus), 1892

Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus), 1892. An extinct genus of elephant from the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found in fossil deposits and in northern Europe as 30

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus) skeleton, 1830

Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus) skeleton, 1830. An extinct genus of elephant from the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found in fossil deposits and in northern Europe as 30

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Reconstruction of the Irish elk (Megaloceros), c1880

Reconstruction of the Irish elk (Megaloceros), c1880. Megaloceros is an extinct genus of the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found as fossils in Asia and Europe

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Dream Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1881

Dream Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1881. Sectional view showing the workings and the position in which a skeleton of a rhinoceros was discovered

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Discovery of iguanodon fossils, Bernissart, Belgium, 1878 (c1880)

Discovery of iguanodon fossils, Bernissart, Belgium, 1878 (c1880). 39 skeletons of the herbivorous dinosaur were discovered in a coal mine by Jules Creteur and his workmates

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Fossil hunting in Cherry Hinton chalk pit, Cambridgeshire, 1822

Fossil hunting in Cherry Hinton chalk pit, Cambridgeshire, 1822. One of the quarry workers is handing a find, an ammonite perhaps, to a gentleman collector

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Discovery of a woolly mammoth, 1779 (c1870)

Discovery of a woolly mammoth, 1779 (c1870). The discovery of a specimen of the prehistoric elephant, approximately 9ft high and 16ft long, preserved frozen in a block of ice in Siberia

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Ideal Jurassic landscape in America, 1884. Artist: Othniel Charles Marsh

Ideal Jurassic landscape in America, 1884. Artist: Othniel Charles Marsh
Ideal Jurassic landscape in America, 1884. From fossil evidence, Othniel Marsh imagined a scene during the late Jurassic epoch 163 to 161 million years ago, with Stegosaurus

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Chinese Jade Face, Neolithic period, c2500 BC

Chinese Jade Face, Neolithic period, c2500 BC

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Paleolithic Quartz Flake Tool from Olduvai, 1 to 2 million years old

Paleolithic Quartz Flake Tool from Olduvai, 1 to 2 million years old

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Skull of Australopithecus Africanus from Sterkfontein, South Africa, 3 to 2 million years BC

Skull of Australopithecus Africanus from Sterkfontein, South Africa, 3 to 2 million years BC. Australopithecus africanus is an extinct (fossil) species of the australopithecines

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Female Head from Brassempovy, France, Upper Paleolithic, (c20th century)

Female Head from Brassempovy, France, Upper Paleolithic, (c20th century)
Female Head from Brassempovy, France, Upper Paleolithic, Gravettian Period (c20th century). Mammoth Ivory

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Fossil of Archaeopteryx Lithographica. Late Jurassic, (20th century)

Fossil of Archaeopteryx Lithographica. Late Jurassic, (20th century). HV Meyer. Odeter Jura (Malm) Eichstatt, Bavaria

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Neanderthal Woman: Reconstruction at British Museum, National History, c20th century

Neanderthal Woman: Reconstruction at British Museum, National History, c20th century
Neanderthal Woman, Reconstruction at British Museum, National History, c20th century

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Paleolithic Polishing Stone for Sharpening Bone Harpoons from Dordogne, c50, 000BC-c10, 000 BC

Paleolithic Polishing Stone for Sharpening Bone Harpoons from Dordogne, c50, 000BC-c10, 000 BC
Paleolithic Polishing Stone for Sharpening Bone Harpoons from Dordogne, c50, 000-10, 000 BC. Paleolithic age is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most



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