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	The Cave of Chauvet Pont-D'Arc - http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/ Decorated Paleolithic cave in the Ardèche region of France. The Ministry of Culture describes its discovery, authentication and preservation. The context and research. Virtual tour.
	Cave of Lascaux - http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Information and a virtual tour of the cave from the French Ministry of Culture.
	Signs of Consciousness : Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics - http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne/signcon.html by J. A. Cheyne : from Paleo-Psychology
	Women in Prehistory: The Venus of Willendorf - http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html Illustrated essay by Christopher Witcombe of Sweet Briar College on this famous figure and the history of its discovery, with bibliography.
	Chauvet Through the Eyes of a Sculptor - http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/ Sculptor John Robinson was invited to give an artist's view of the prehistoric art of the Cave of Chauvet Pont d'Arcby. The Bradshaw Foundation hosts his illustrated commentary.

	Palaeolithic Art - http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_1.html The State Hermitage Museum: illustrated collection highlights. Artifacts from the Caucasus, Crimea, Russian steppes, Siberia and Altai.
	First Human Creations - http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis/prerm4.htm A gallery of rock art from the caves at Lascaux in France.
	Ice Age Art - http://www.humanities-interactive.org/ancient/iceage/ An online exhibition of Ice Age art and symbol from the Texas Humanities Resource Center. Carved objects, including the Venus figure, and cave art of Western Europe.
	Paleolithic Art Magazine - http://www.paleolithicartmagazine.org/ Promotes acknowledgment and interpretation of paleolithic art everywhere in the world, and of the origins of Man. In English and Italian.
	Paleolithic Art of the Pyrenees - http://www.culture.fr/culture/app/eng/artprepy.htm A gallery of artwork from the Magdalenian cultural horizon from the French Ministry of Culture.

	The Dawn of Prehistoric Rock Art - http://www.jqjacobs.net/rock_art/dawn.html An article by James Q. Jacobs summarizing the earliest known rock art, with a focus on recently discovered painted caves in Paleolithic Europe, Grotto Cosquer and Grotto Chauvet.
	Entoptic Imagery in People and Their Art - http://home.comcast.net/~markk2000/thurston/thesis.html Linda Thurston's Masters thesis explores entoptic imagery in Paleolithic cave art, and controversy regarding shamanism and trance states. Extensive bibliography.
	Cosquer Cave - http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/archeosm/en/fr-cosqu1.htm The French Ministry of Culture describes a Paleolithic art gallery in a cave that can be accessed only through a 175-metre tunnel beneath sea level. Photographs of the animal drawings and hand stencils that decorate it.
	MSN Learning & Research: Paleolithic Art - http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761578676 Encarta Encyclopedia article giving a general overview of artistic expression in the Paleolithic Period.

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