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Trapped in Ice: The Paleolithic World

Tides of History

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Caves of the Ice Age

Paleolithic people carved and painted ma terpieces for thousands of years, decorating the walls of caves. This was an incredibly long lived artistic tradition that lasted for tens of thousands of years. Paleolithic art slowly blossomed over millennia and then exploded in quantity and workmanship. What kind or kinds of art did these long dead people make? We saw them in the process of creating paintings, carvings, sculptures and friezes on the wall of caves.

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