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Prehistory
PREHISTORY at a Glance
Mr Donn's Ancient History
NM's Creative Impulse..Prehistory
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Human Origins
Prehistoric Cultures Course Summary
American Museum of Natural History
Berkely Time Machine
Time Lines: different time periods in the history of the Earth
Ancient History Time Lines
Middle East Prehistory
Byzantium/Islamic
Paleolithic: 40,000 - 12,000 BCE
PreHistory to 3000 BC
Middle Bronze Age Summary(2200 - 1570 BCE)
Late Broze Age Summary (1570 - 1200 BCE)
The First People
The Golden Crescent
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Anthropology resources on the Internet
ArchNet - WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology

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Prehistory by Era
The Precambrian
Introduction to the Hadean
The Archaean Era
The Proterozoic Era
Life of the Proterozoic Era
The Paleozoic Era
Life of the Paleozoic Era
Introduction to the Mesozoic Era
Life of the Mesozoic Era
Dispelling Dinosaur Myths
Introduction to the Cenozoic
Life of the Cenozoic
The Pleistocene

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Anthropology: Human Evolution
How Humans Evolved Student Internet Resource Book Online
Why Study Human Evolution?
The Genus Homo: Time Line
Human Origins and Development of Culture
Human Evolution Resources
Ca. Academy of Sciences:Dept. of Anthropology
Journal of Human Evolution - sign in as guest
The Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution in China
Picture Gallery of Fossil Hominoids and Hominids from China
Hominin Image Archive
Guided Tour - Hominid Evolution
The Long Foreground: Human Prehistory
Ants - Leakey:ancestors Hominoid Skeletal Replicas
The Human Lineage
Extinct Skulls: Images
Controversial Theories
Evolution: Theory and History
Human Origins Site Maps
Origins of Humankind
Human Origins and Evolution in Africa
First Humans
Neanderthal versus Human
Neanderthal Museum
Neanderthal Burial Site
Early Humans
"Hominids"
Gender and Dominance in Prehistoric Societies
The Life & Times of Early Man
Human Prehistory: An Exhibition
Institute of Human Origins: Fossils
Excavation in Chile Pushes Back Date of Human Habitation of Americas
Northern Clans, Noerthern Traces: Jourenys in the Ancient Circumpolar World
Anthropology Society Homepage
Anthropology in the News
The Creation/Evolution Controversy
Arguments against Creationism FAQs
ANTH 233 - Human Evolution
Charles Darwin - Complete Book Online: The Origin of Species
PBS: Mystery of the First Americans
Research at Carnagie Museum of Natural History
Tracking our Extended Family

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The Bering Land Bridge
Land bridge to the new world
New study confirms Bering land bridge flooded later than previously believed
Historical & Cultural Significance: The Bering Land Bridge
Bering Land Bridge Preserve
Bering Land Bridge - National Park (First Americans: Migration Routes Map)
Beringia: Historical Glaciation Map
Clickable Map
Questions on the Bering Land Bridge
A New View of the Bering Land Bridge

Archaeology: Study of Human Past
Archaeological Resource Guide
ArchNet - WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology
Archaeology - by region
Prehistoric Man In the Petrified Forest: From Paleolithic hunter to Pueblo farmer
Southwestern Archaeology - Related Links of Interest
Anthropology and Archaeology
Native American Archaeology & Anthropology Resources
Archaeology in Arctic North America
Introduction to Archaeology: Resources

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Food & Eating Utensils
The Paleolithic Diet Page: What the Hunter/Gatherers Ate
Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition
Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition Lectures
The Paleolithic Diet vs. Vegetarianism interviews
NSN: Paleolithic Nutrition
History of Eating Utensils
A History of Eating Utensils in the West: A Brief Timeline
Evolution of Flatware

Agriculture
Agricultural Revolution: Online Illustrated Book
Origins of Agriculture and the Domestication of Crop Plants in the Near East
Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Revolution: Images Online
Agricultural Revolution - Hunting-and-Gathering
The Agricultural Revolution
A Scenario for the Birth of Civilization
Emergence of Sedentary Agriculture
Jomon Period Japan: From Hunters to Rice Growers
Development of Agriculture
The Origins & Evolution of Agriculture
The Agricultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution - brief
Inventing Agriculture: Definitions
Summary of Agricultural History from 10,000BC to 1648BC
The Great Transition Emergence of Agriculture and City Life
Chronology of Horticulture - by Era
Crop Domestication - Clickable Map
Early Human Cultures in Amazon Cave

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Prehistoric Caves
Cave Art: Life, Symbols, Animals & more
The Chauvet Cave - Pal. Cave
The paleolithic painted cave of Lascaux
Cave of Lascaux
The Cave of Lascaux
Sacred Places: Lascaux, France
Lascaux Photgraphic Tour
Image from the Lascaux Cave
The paleolithic painted cave of Lascaux
The Cave of Lascaux; The Final Photographs - book
French Cave Paintings
The Arago Cave: France
Past Masters: Grotte Chauvet
Behold the Stone Age: Chauvet Cave
Struggling Artists of the Ice Age: Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet Cave
Chauvet Cave
The Cosquer Cave
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave
Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave Images
Archaeology at Mammoth Cave
Charlie Lake Cave: British Columbia
Paleolithic petroglyphs of the Côa valley Cave
Theoptra Cave, Greece
Archaeology of Weasel Cave
A Virtual Tour of Cave Paintings
Altamira Cave Paintings

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Prehistoric Ice Mummies
Neanderthal.de: Neanderthal Man" discovered in 1856
Mummies of the Incas
The Iceman - "Man from the Hauslabjoch"
Literature concernig the Man from the Hauslabjoch
The Iceman's Last Meal
The Iceman - Man from the Hauslabjoch: His composition and condition examined
New Digs for the Ice Man
Ötzi's Last Journey: The Plants he was carrying
Incan girl's mummy goes on display
Lucy
The Lucy Test
The Ice Maiden
Piltdown Man: The Hoax
Bronze Age: Tattooed Mummies
The 10,000-year old woman
Cave of the Warrior: An Exhibition
"Kennewick or Richland" Man
Kennewick Man Virtual Interpretive Center
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology: Bronze age hunter - Alpine Icemnan Mummy

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Prehistoric Monuments
Mysterious Places: Come Explore Sacred Sites and Ancient Civilizations
Prehistoric Ritual Monuments within the British Isles
Images from above
Stone Circles
Images
The Beginnings of Stonehenge BCE
Stonehenge and the terror in the sky
The Mystery of the Megaliths
Stonehenge
Stonehenge: background
Avebury
Silbury Hill

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Prehistory: Culture & Sciences
Prehistoric Cultures Course Summary
Gender and Dominance in Prehistoric Societies
Prehistoric Construction of Mothering
Mothers of Time: Seven Palaeolithic Figurines
Mothers of Time: The Balzi Rossi Figurines
Medicina Antiqua::Ancient Medicine::Introduct...
Ancient Music
Ancient Geography: What was pursued in Ancient times?
Ancient geography
Ancient Theatre
Hunting and Warfare
Women Warriors
Summary of The Creation of Patriarchy
Neolithic Warfare
Beer, Bread and Work
Evidence of Harmony in Ancient Music; Archaeology & Oldest Song
Neanderthal bear-bone flute

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Art
Prehistoric Art by Era
World Rock Art
Italy: prehistoric petroglyphs in the Alps
Footsteps of Man
Prehistoric Art of the Pyrenees: Summary
Ancient Art
Art of the Ancient Americas: Introduction
Petroglyphs and pictographs - USA
Important Rock Art Sites
Signs of Consciousness: Speculations on the Psychology of Paleolithic Graphics
Research into prehistoric wall paintings
Prehistoric Rock Paintings in Bhimabetaka, India
The "Etched in Time" project
Palaeolithic Figurines
Prehistoric Art of the Pyrenees
Rock Art and Petroglyphs in Valcamonica
The Painted Rocks of Africa

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Tools & Stone Artifacts
Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory
Technology Throughout History
The Dawn of Technology: The First Stone Tools
Discovery Online, Fresh Science -- Oldest Tools
Primitive Technology, flintknapping, atlatls, history, firemaking
Tool Use
Stone Tools - visuals
Introduction to stoneworking
Understanding stone artefacts
Typology, Technology, Raw Materials and Study Methods of the Stone Age
Interpreting the Function of Stone Tools
From Caveman to Chemist
Stone Age Hand-axes
Stone Age Tool & Materials
Interpreting the Functions of Stone Tools - Online Book

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Ancient Native American Life & Villages
New World Prehistory: Mound Builders of Ancient America
Native American life in the past: 9500 BCE to 1550 AD
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum and Reconstructed Village
Native American Archaeology & Anthropology Resources

The Indus Valley
The Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus Valley Civilisation: Overview
vHistory of India - Ancient : The Indus Valley Civilization
History of India - Ancient India (Text/Time Line Version)
Harappa: The Indus Valley and the Raj
Land of the Indus Valley
The Ancient Indus Valley: Contents
Ancient Indus Civilization: Slide Tours and Essays
The Discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization
Lost and Found: Indus and Yellow River Civilizations(Class Overview)
Itihaas: Harappa Digest: Indus Valley Civilization
People and languages in the Pre-Islamic Indus Valley
Ancient History of the Indian Subcontinent through 322 B.C.E.
Economics of the Indus Valley Civilization by Chad Greenwood
The Indus Valley Civilization
New Code to Decipher Indus Script
The Decipherment of Harappan Writing
India before 600 BC
Indus Valley Civilization Daily Life
Dholavira excavations throw light on Harappan civilisation
Harappan Civilization ca. 3000-1500 BC
Harappa and the Indus River
The Harappan Civilization by Clyde Winters
Harappa - New Interpretations about a Lost Civilisation
Lesson Plan (Basic) Indus Valley Civilization
India Notes
India's Heritage
Landmarks of Indian History - Time line
Lecture 17: Early India

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Maps
Maps of Ancient Earth
Human Origins Site Maps
An atlas of the ice age Earth

The Golden Crescent
Mounds & Ring Sites in the Golden Crescent
Mounds and Rings: History of Materials in Golden Crescent
The Paleoindian Period: (ca. 13,000 B.C.to 7,900 B.C.)
The Archaic Period: (ca. 8000 B.C. - 1000 B.C.)
The Woodland Period: (ca. 2000 B.C.­ A.D. 1000)
Mississippian and Late Prehistoric period: (A.D. 900 - 1700)

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Geologic Ages of Earth
Geologic Ages of Earth History
Geology and Geologic Time - main page
Ice Ages: What, When and How?
The Ice Ages
What is Intelligence & Why might the Ice Age be Important?
The Institute For Ice Age Studies
Ice Age Lamps
An atlas of the ice age Earth
The Early Paleoindian Period
The Upper Paleolithic Cultural Adaptations: I
World History Timeline: The Big Picture

Other Civilizations
Lecture 1: What is Civilization?
Sahara - Prehistory and History of the Sahara - Online Book
Africa South of the Sahara: Time Line Format
WebChron: Time Line Formats - Main Page
Ancient Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent with comparison to Egypt
West Asia and the Middle East: Time Line Format
The Midwestern U.S. 16,000 Years Ago
Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
Prehistory of the Caribbean Culture Area
ntroduction to the Ancient World: Study Guide

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Mesopotamia
Culture | Epic of Gilgamesh | Mesopotamia Government & Law | Important People | Mesopotamia Main Sources | Maps |

Mesopotamia Main Sources
Lecture 2: Ancient Western Asia and the Civilization of Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia
Detroit Institute of Arts : Permanent Collection - Ancient Art - Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia 9000 - 500 B.C
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia Time Line and Map
Mesopotamia in the Electronic Passport
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia
The Great Stag, A Sumerian Divinity and its Affiliation
The Great Stag: A Sumerian Divinity and its Affiliation(another one)
Abzu Regional Index: Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia - Main Page
Mesopotamia - The British Museum
Mesopotamia: reconstruction of the ancient city of Ur
The Seven Wonders: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Collapse -- Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia: Overview & Time Line
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia: Recommended Readings
Slides of Ancient Mesopotamia Artifacts
“The Origins and Ancient History of Wine” @ Univ. Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Sumerian Beer: Brewing an Ancient Beer
Mesopotamian Gods
Spiritual Systems of Mesopotamia
Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia
The Geography of Mesopotamia
Babylon (580BC)
The Avalon Project : The Code of Hammurabi

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Mesopotamia Culture
Mesopotamia Culture
Mesopotamian Gods
Mesopotamia Glossary: Cuneiform
Clothing
Social Levels






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Mesopotamia Government and Law

Government






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Epic of Gilgamesh
The Babylonian Flood Story: Epic of Gilgamesh
The "Epic of Gilgamesh:" An Outline
Gilgamesh Summary
Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh
Myths of the Flood: The Flood Narrative from the Gilgamesh Epic
Epics and Myths: Gilgamesh Main Characters
The Flood Narrative from the Gilgamesh Epic
A Short Discussion of the Influence of the Gilgamesh Epic on the Bible
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Study Guide
Gilgamesh Study Guide
Epic of Gilgamesh: Vocabulary and People List
Gilgamesh Review Questions

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Mesopotamia Maps
Map of ancient Mesopotamia
Interactive Political Map of Mesopotamia 3000-1000 B.C.
Mesopotamia to 2500 BCE
West Asia to 1200 BCE
Interactive Political Map of Mesopotamia 700 - 300 B.C.
Map Quiz No. 1: Ancient Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian Map Quiz - important features
Ancient Near East Maps


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Important People in Mesopotamia
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abraham
Solomon
King Saul
Jerusalem's Old City
Second Temple Sites Map
Map of Israel During Divided Kingdom
Map of Israel's Twelve Tribes
Assyrian Kings List
Cyrus the Great












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The Lydians 700-547 BC
Ancient Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent with comparison to Egypt
The Anatolian Principalities Druing the Iron Age
Lydia - Turkey
Explore Turkey: Lydia - The Lydian Civilization
The Lydians - Online Book
Interactive Map of Turkey
Chronology of World History: Annotated Chronology of Military Events
Herodotus - The Persian Wars
Ancient Greece: The Persian Wars
Historical and Cultural Landscape - Turkey
Harvard magazine - The Search for Sardis
Catholic Encyclopedia: SARDES
The History of Money - image of Lydian coins
History and Making of Coins

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Mound Building
Mounds and Rings: History of Materials in Golden Crescent
The First Villages: Chatal Huyuk
Çatalhöyük
Çatal höyük: Visual of Village
The Adena Mounds
Mounds & Mound Builders: The Adena people
Home Sweet Home:Home making in Mesolithic times
Grave Creek Mound State Park: Adena People

Fossil Mania
Petrified Forest National Park: The Painted Desert
Fossil Collections of the World - v7.04
American Museum of Natural History - Expedition: Fossils
Virtual Fossils
Fossil Hominids: The Evidence for Human Evolution
Human Evolution: A Multimedia Guide to the Fossil Record—Student Internet version
Plant Fossil Record

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RadioCarboning & Dating
Radiocarbon Calibration
The OCR Carbon Dating Home Page
Archaeological Methods and Dating Techniques

Amber & Bugs
Amber: Window to the Past
Amber: A View of the Past
History of Amber
Book Resource: Secrets of A Lost World
Bugs in Amber: Images
Real vs. Fake Amber
Welcome to the World of Amber
Uses of Amber
The healing powers of amber

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Dinosaurs
DINOSAURS!!!
The Dinosauria: Truth is Stranger than Fiction
World Map of Dinosaur Discoveries
Discovering the World's First Full Dinosaur Skeleton
Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America
Discovery Magazine: The Mammoth Story
The Woolly Mammoth
Virtual Mammoth: images of the excavation in Mexico
First Dinosaur Eggs found with Fossilized Skin
Dinosaur Eggs: An Exhibition
Dinosaur Names and Discoverers
Anatomical Dictionary of Dinosaurs
Important Paleontological terms defined
Dinosaurs Gallery and more

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Animal Evolution & Domestication
Elephants
THE DOG ZONE - The Historical Dog
NetPets Presents - Primitive Dogs
A Chronological Trip Through the History of Humans and the Horses
North America - Giant Beasts!
N. American Ice Age Mammals
Domestication
Map: earliest sites where animals were domesticated
Research at Carnagie Museum of Natural History

Extinction
Extinction: Human & Other Catastrophes - Essays and Images
What is extinction?
The Beastiary: Extinct mammals
Upper Pleistocene Extinctions

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