Paleolithic: Old Stone Age [paleo=old] c. 30,000 - c.10,000 B.C.E.

• Man lived in caves or shelters dug in the earth. Roofs were made with hides supported on branches or tusks and sometimes covered with earth.
• Man fashioned weapons [such as spears] and tools out of bone, tusk, and flint rock.
• Man was concerned with the afterlife. This is indicated by evidence of ceremonial burials.
• Man was interested in personal adornment, and the beautification of his surroundings. This time period contains the beginning of “art” as we know it - the first evidence of painting, sculpture and jewelry.
• This time was the end of the Neanderthal Period and beginning of the Cro-Magnon period in the development of man.

The major values expressed in the art of Paleolithic society were:
Reproduction Nourishment Regeneration Survival