🇸🇴 Somalia · Rock art
Laas Geel Rock Art Complex
Early to Mid Holocene (7000–3000 BCE) · Early Pastoral Neolithic of the Horn (pre-Cushitic pastoralists)
Somaliland granite shelters 20 panels polychrome longhorn cattle 7000–3000 BCE.
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🇸🇴 Somalia · Rock art
Early to Mid Holocene (7000–3000 BCE) · Early Pastoral Neolithic of the Horn (pre-Cushitic pastoralists)
Somaliland granite shelters 20 panels polychrome longhorn cattle 7000–3000 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Early Woodland to Historic (1000 BCE – 1812 CE mining) · Woodland / Historic American
Mammoth Cave Historic Entrance in Kentucky, United States is a Early Woodland to Historic (1000 BCE – 1812 CE mining) cave attributed to Woodland / Historic American culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Hohle Fels Venus Figurine Horizon IV in Baden-Württemberg, Hohle Fels, Germany is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇷🇺 Russia · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Mal'ta Burial 14 Figurine Cache in Irkutsk, Mal'ta, Russia is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter
Mesolithic (7000 BCE) · Mesolithic
Bhimbetka Satellite Shelter — IIB-33 in Madhya Pradesh, Bhimbetka outlier, India is a Mesolithic (7000 BCE) rock shelter attributed to Mesolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Kurgan Grotto in Ohio, United States is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) cave attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Aceramic Neolithic · Central Anatolian Epipalaeolithic (Kebaran-like) → PPNA
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic rockshelter and open-air spring-site (c.14,000–7000 BCE) on limestone spur at Pınarbaşı, type-site for Central Anatolian hunter-gatherer sedentism before…
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Cave of Settlement New in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) cave attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Mesolithic (8000 BCE) · Vindhya Mesolithic
Kunjhun Rock Art — Vindhya in Uttar Pradesh, Vindhya range, India is a Mesolithic (8000 BCE) rock art attributed to Vindhya Mesolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (33000 BCE) · Aurignacian / Gravettian
Paviland Cave — Goat's Hole in Swansea, Gower Peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom is a Upper Palaeolithic (33000 BCE) cave attributed to Aurignacian / Gravettian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Neanderthal (230k–225k BP) · Neanderthal (Mousterian)
Pontnewydd Cave in Denbighshire, Elwy Valley, Wales, United Kingdom is a Neanderthal (230k–225k BP) cave attributed to Neanderthal (Mousterian) culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Cave
Upper Paleolithic 18,000 BP → Hoabinhian 10,000–5500 BP → Neolithic 5300 BP pottery · Hoabinhian Tenasserim Shan Hills — Spirit Cave foragers (Tham Lod Rockshelter)
Spirit Cave Mae Hong Son — Hoabinhian rock shelter (18,000–5500 BP, Tham Lod Rockshelter) in Shan Hills karst at Pang Mapha 110 km N Mae Hong Son, excavated 1966 by C. Gorman (Univ.
🇮🇳 India · Rock art
Mesolithic to Early Historic (8000 BCE – 1000 CE) · Mesolithic Narmada Hunter-Gatherers, Chalcolithic Malwa, Historic tribal (Gond)
Narmada quartzite 30 shelters with buffalo-hunt microlith art 8 ka–historic.
🇮🇱 Israel · Cave
Chalcolithic (3500 BCE) · Ghassulian
Nahal Mishmar — Treasure Cave in Judean Desert, Dead Sea cliffs, Israel is a Chalcolithic (3500 BCE) cave attributed to Ghassulian culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Rock art
Prehistoric to Dvaravati (7th–13th c.) to Lan Xang · Khorat Bronze to Dvaravati Mon–Khmer Buddhist; Khmer Angkor influence
Udon Thani mushroom boulders with 3000 BCE cattle paintings and 68 Dvaravati Sīma stones 7th–9th c., UNESCO 1507.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Cave
Middle Paleolithic 70k → Hoabinhian 18k–3000 BP → Neolithic 6400 BCE pottery · Hoabinhian Cardamom — Laang Spean cave foragers (Battambang)
Laang Spean Cave Battambang — Hoabinhian masterpiece cave (70,000–550 BP, Hoabinhian main 18,000–3000 BP) at Phnom Laang Spean limestone hill 45 km NW Battambang, excavated 1964–75 by R. & C.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Cave
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Kala Town Grotto in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) cave attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Cave
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Cave of Citadel Grove in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Palaeolithic to Iron Age (40000–500 BCE) · Creswellian / Neolithic
Wookey Hole Cave in Somerset, Mendip Hills, United Kingdom is a Palaeolithic to Iron Age (40000–500 BCE) cave attributed to Creswellian / Neolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (15000–11000 BCE) · Creswellian
Gough's Cave — Cheddar in Somerset, Cheddar Gorge, United Kingdom is a Upper Palaeolithic (15000–11000 BCE) cave attributed to Creswellian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Palaeolithic (500k BP–12000 CE) · Acheulean to Creswellian
Kent's Cavern — Torquay in Devon, South West England, United Kingdom is a Palaeolithic (500k BP–12000 CE) cave attributed to Acheulean to Creswellian culture.