HIST 4100 – 01/02 – ONLINE: Ancient World Civilizations

This 2011 article examines evidence that refutes the idea that human behaviors evolved long after the appearance of homo sapiens.

Examines seven innovations of the people who built Stonehenge.

This 2002 article by Ofer Bar-Yosef reviews the biological and technocultural developments that mark the Upper Paleolithic.

Looks at the beginnings and spread of agriculture and human settlement during the Neolithic Period.

This French Ministry of Culture website presents an immersive online tour of the famous cave paintings created over 30,000 years ago. Also provides information on the cave's setting, discovery in 1940, its archaeology, and conservation.

The underwater archaeological excavation of a neolithic village provides insights in to the lives, tools, and religious practices of its inhabitants.

Prof. Craig G. Benjamin discusses the large-scale trends and patterns of this period to find out what led to the growth of Afro-Eurasian agrarian civilizations as well as the key barriers these civilizations faced.

Prof. Craig G. Benjamin shows how some combination of climate change, population growth, and human ingenuity led to one of the most important revolutions in human history.

Professor Craig G. Benjamin investigates the origins of power and its relationship to the state.

Genevieve von Petzinger's research into geometric shapes painted on cave walls suggests that graphic communication may be much older than previously believed.

Experimental archaeologist Wulf Hein plays a reproduction of a flute made of mammoth ivory and bird bone that was found in a German cave.