EditorialPrehistoric Art. Spain. Beaker culture (2500-1800 BC). Late Neolithic or Chalcolithic running into the early Bronze Age. It comes from Mallen. Museum of Zaragoza. Aragon.
EditorialIdols-plate. Board. 3500-2500 BC. Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic. From the Granja de Cespedes, province of Badajoz, Extremadura. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialLeft: Idol-plate anthropomorphic. 3750-2500 BC. Chalcolithic. From the Dolmen of Garrovillas (Garrovillas de Alconetar, province of Caceres, Extremadura). Right: Idol-plate anthropomorphic. Chalcolithic. From Barbacena (Elvas, Portugal). National Archa...
EditorialSitting female clay figure. The head is missing, arms crossed in front of her breasts. Settlement tumulus; Late Chalcolithic Period (Karanovo VI). From Dinja, Bulgaria. Height: 9cm.
EditorialBottle. Chalcolithic period. 2500-2000 BC. El Tarajal (Nijar, province of Almeria, Andalusia); Cheese pot. Chalcolithic period. Gozquez, San Martin de la Vega, Community of Madrid. Deposit of the Regional Archaeological Museum of Alcala de Henares and ...
EditorialLithic industry. Trapeziums, arrowheads and polished axes. Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic. Los Churuletes, burial 3. Purchena, province of Almeria, Andalusia. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialIdol of Extremadura. Anthropomorphic cylindrical sculpture. Chalcolithic. 2500 BC. Alabaster. Found in the Guadalquivir Valley. Andalusia. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialTerracotta jug, Middle Cypriot I, ca. 1900?1800 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), Vases, White-painted decoration was the predominant style of the Chalcolithic period and reappeared at the end of the Early Cypriot III period. By the ei...
EditorialStorage jar decorated with mountain goats, Chalcolithic, ca. 3800?3700 B.C., Central Iran, Ceramic, paint, 20 7/8in. (53cm), Ceramics-Vessels, People of the ancient Near East used the abundant supply of clay to construct bricks for their cities and als...
EditorialCone-shaped vase with geometric decoration, Chalcolithic, ca. late 5th millennium B.C., Iran, Tall-i Bakun A, Iran, Ceramic, paint, 8.12 in. (20.62 cm), Ceramics-Vessels,.
EditorialClay ossuary. Haderah. In form of a house, used for secondary burial. Chalcolithic period, 4th millennium BC. Rockefeller Archaeological Museum. Jerusalem. Israel.
EditorialPrehistoric Art. Megalithism. Bronze Age (Copper Age or Chalcolithic). Los Millares. Occupation site. Ruins. Santa Fe de Mondujar. Andalusia. Spain.
EditorialPrehistoric Art. Spain. Beaker culture (2500-1800 BC). Late Neolithic or Chalcolithic running into the early Bronze Age. It comes from Mallen. Museum of Zaragoza. Aragon.
EditorialTwo female figures, Halaf culture and Late Chalcolithic, around 5000-4500 BCE. The figurine on the left comes from north-east Syria, the one on the right probably from south-east Turkey. Both are fertility figures with large breasts and wide hips. Neck...