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Prehistoric Collection (page 6)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Bronze Age. Belt ornaments. From a bog at Fjellerup, Funen

Bronze Age. Belt ornaments. From a bog at Fjellerup, Funen
Prehistoric. Art. Bronze Age. Belt ornaments. From a bog at Fjellerup, Funen. 700-500 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Bronze Age. Four interlaced plaits. From Farup at Vindum, ce

Bronze Age. Four interlaced plaits. From Farup at Vindum, central Jutland. C. 350 BC. National Museum of Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Lurs. The lur horns are Nordic wind instruments. Used for Br

Lurs. The lur horns are Nordic wind instruments. Used for Br
Prehistory. Art. Metal Age. Lurs. The lur horns are the distinctively Nordic wind instruments. Used to create an atmospheric background of sound for Bronze Age rituals

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Tools of Bromme Culture. 11000 BC

Tools of Bromme Culture. 11000 BC
Bromme Culture, 11000 BC. Points, scrapers, burins, blades and cores. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Harpoons. Bone. Maglemosian Culture, 8700-6500 BC

Harpoons. Bone. Maglemosian Culture, 8700-6500 BC
Harpoons made of elk or red deer bone. Maglemosian Culture, 8700-6500 BC. National Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Hand axes. Acheulian Culture. 1500000-200000 BC

Hand axes. Acheulian Culture. 1500000-200000 BC
Hand axes. Culture of Homo erectus, know as Acheulian Culture. 1500000-200000 BC. Lower Paleolithic. From Tanzania, Java, France and England. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Tools of flint and animal bones. Performed by Homo sapiens

Tools of flint and animal bones. Performed by Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnon). Upper Paleolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Reindeer antler harpoons. 9500 BC

Reindeer antler harpoons. 9500 BC. Paleolithic. New Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Urartu civilization. Stele of Rusa II, King of Urartu (680-6

Urartu civilization. Stele of Rusa II, King of Urartu (680-6
Urartu civilization. Stele of Rusa II, King of Urartu between around 680 BC and 639 BC. Cuneiform inscription commemorating the building of a canal to channel water to the city of Quarlini from

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Urartu civilization. Statue. Male figure. From Tushpa or Top

Urartu civilization. Statue. Male figure. From Tushpa or Top
Urartu civilization. Statue. male figure. From Tushpa or Toprakkale. 7th century B.C. Turkey. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Urartu civilization. Pectoral and gold medallion decorated w

Urartu civilization. Pectoral and gold medallion decorated with reliefs. The pectoral depicts the image of god Haldi on the throne and his wife Arubani. The madaillon, a seated goddess

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus

Skull of Paranthropus aethiopicus with prominent sagittal crest. Pliocene. Located in Lomekwi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Neolithic. National Arc

Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Neolithic. National Arc
Antelope engraved on a stone plaque. Saguia El Hamra. Western Sahara. Neolithic. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Dolmen El Sotillo. Spain

Dolmen El Sotillo. Spain
Dolmen El Sotillo. Neolithic. Laguardia. Basque Country. Spain

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Ses Salines. Majorca

Ses Salines. Majorca
Ses Salines. Archaeological remains of the talaiotic village. Majorca. Balearic Islands. Spain

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Reindeer antler from Neschers

Reindeer antler from Neschers
This reindeer antler from Neschers in France is engraved with a stylised horse. It was created by early humans and found between 1830 and 1848. Date: 1830

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Dimerocrinus, fossil crinoid

Dimerocrinus, fossil crinoid
Dimerocrinus, a small stemmed crinoid (sea-lily) of Silurian age. The long stem supports a 1.8 cm high crown mostly consisting of the arms employed in feeding

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Triceratops horn

Triceratops horn
Triceratops which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 67 to 65 million years ago had three horns. It grew up to 9 metres in length and fossils have been discovered in USA

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Megalosaurus tooth

Megalosaurus tooth
A typical carnosaur tooth belonging to Megalosaurus. It is curved in shape, pointing backwards and has sharp, serrated edges for cutting meat. The Megalosaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic period

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Hyracotherium or Eohippus, the dawn horse

Hyracotherium or Eohippus, the dawn horse, of the Tertiary to Eocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Giant Hyrax, Riesenklippdachs, extinct ancestor

Giant Hyrax, Riesenklippdachs, extinct ancestor of the Rock or Cape Hyrax (Procavia capensis).. Colour printed (chromolithograph)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Palaeomastodon, believed to be the ancestors

Palaeomastodon, believed to be the ancestors of elephants or mastodons.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless

Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Ammonites, extinct group of marine animals

Ammonites, extinct group of marine animals belonging to the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)

The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a marine chelicerate arthropod.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Diplodocus is a genus of extinct diplodocid

Diplodocus is a genus of extinct diplodocid sauropod dinosaur of the Late Jurassic.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis

Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, Testudo Indica Vosmaer.. Recently extinct species of tortoise. Last recorded in 1800 in Mauritius

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Helicoprion with tooth whorl and Xenacanthus

Helicoprion with tooth whorl and Xenacanthus, prehistoric shark.. Both became extinct in the Triassic. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Megaladapis madagascariensis, Koala lemur

Megaladapis madagascariensis, Koala lemur, extinct species of giant lemur.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Iguanodon bernissartensis, extinct ground-dwelling

Iguanodon bernissartensis, extinct ground-dwelling herbivore of the Jurassic.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Neanderthal man skull (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis)

Neanderthal man skull (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis). It comes from Chapelle-aux-Saints. Paleolithic art. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Museum of National Antiquities

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: DINOSAUR Skeleton - Gigantosaurus

DINOSAUR Skeleton - Gigantosaurus. Argentina

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?

Flights into the Future - dinosaurs on Venus?
Dinosaurs pictured as possible inhabitants of the planet Venus in a book on the possibilities of space travel. Date: 1943

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Piltdown Man

Piltdown Man
An illustration of The earliest known inhabitant of England, based upon the fragments of skull and jawbone supposedly discovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown, East Sussex, England

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Homo neanderthalensis (Ferrassie 1) cranium cast

Homo neanderthalensis (Ferrassie 1) cranium cast
Cranium cast of an adult male Neandertal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) discovered at La Ferrassie, Dordogne, France, by D Peyrony and L. Captian in 1909. The original specimen dates back 70, 000 years

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Early Miocene scene in Europe

Early Miocene scene in Europe
Artists reconstruction (L to R) Eotragus (4 animals), Brachypotherium, Amphicyon (2 animals), Hyrotherium, Schizotherium (2 animals)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Baltic amber ring

Baltic amber ring
A ring containing a long-legged fly Diptera: Brachycera: Dolichopodidae. Amber specimen dates from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Neuropteris gigantea (Sternberg), Pteridosperm

Neuropteris gigantea (Sternberg), Pteridosperm
Part of a frond of Neuropteris gigantea, an Upper Carboniferous plant, a Pteridosperm, from Coseley, near Bilston, west Midlands. Range; Genus, Carboniferous; Species, Westphalian

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stigmaria ficoides (Brongniart), Lycopod

Stigmaria ficoides (Brongniart), Lycopod
Part of rootscock of a Lycopod, a Carboniferous plant (x1/2.) Upper Carboniferous; Dudley, West Midlands. Range: Carboniferous, 359 to 300 million years ago

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: White River scene, late Eocene

White River scene, late Eocene
Artists reconstruction (L to R) Hoplophoneus, Mesohippus, Hyaenodon, Archaeotherium, Poebrotherium, Pseudoprotoceras, Megacerops, Daphoenus, Merycoidodon, Subhyracodon

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Archean Landscape

Archean Landscape
An artists impression of an Archean landscape (3, 800 to 2, 500 million years ago), with the thin crust scarred by meteorite craters and dotted with pools of molten rock

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary Period

Fossil shells of the Miocene Tertiary Period
Plate II from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Magnolia sp. fossil magnolia leaf

Magnolia sp. fossil magnolia leaf
A fossil magnolia leaf from the Upper Cretaceous, Senonian, leaf from Harz, Saxony. Specimen 240 mms long

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Nummulites gizehensis, nummulites

Nummulites gizehensis, nummulites
These fossils are embedded in Eocene limestone from 2km north-east of Gizeh, west of Cairo. Nummulites were single celled animals that lived on the sea bed

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Clypeus ploti, fossil echinoid

Clypeus ploti, fossil echinoid
Fossil echinoid also known as a poundstone from the Jurassic period Trigonia Grit, Aylworth, U.K

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Aptyxiella portlandica (Sowerby), Portland screwstone

Aptyxiella portlandica (Sowerby), Portland screwstone
A gastropod steinkern or internal cast of a Portland screwstone (Aptyxiella portlandica) from the Jurassic Portland Stone, Top Roach, Portland

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Thecosmilia trichotoma, a fossil coral

Thecosmilia trichotoma, a fossil coral
Thecosmilia trichotoma (Goldfuss). Scleractinian coral. Jurassic (Bathonian); Nattheim, Germany; BMNH 55859



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