Explore the Ancient World Student Research Guide

Angeletti, Roberta. The Cave Painter of Lascaux. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. This book tells a story about Paleolithic cave paintings in France. Interesting and well researched. A good choice for English learners or struggling readers. 32 pages. Fiction.

Nonfiction Books

Arnold, Caroline. Stone Age Farmers beside the Sea: Scotland's Prehistoric Village of Skara Brae. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. This book presents a photo-essay of prehistoric sites found in Europe. Includes a description of the excavation and the findings that reveal information about daily life in the Stone Age. An NCSS Notable book. 48 pages. Nonfiction.

Caselli, Giovanni. Life through the Ages. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. Caselli's work includes good pictures and interesting text. 64 pages. Nonfiction.

Lauber, Patricia. Painters of the Cave. Washington: National Geographic, 1998. This is an excellent resource for studying cave art; includes color photographs of Chauvet cave paintings as well as recent artwork depicting the Stone Age people and their various activities. 48 pages. Nonfiction.

Bailey, Jill and Tony Seddon. The Young Oxford Book of the Prehistoric World. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. This book presents an overview of life during prehistoric times. Includes a discussion of the theory of evolution. 160 pages. Nonfiction.

Ramos, Pedro A. Saura. Cave of Altamira. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. This book reveals the splendor of the cave painting of Altamira, with charts, maps, and superb photographs. 180 pages. Nonfiction.

Web Sites

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/index4.html
The Cave of Lascaux. Escape to France and visit the Lascaux Cave. The original cave is now closed to the public, but you will feel like you are actually inside its depths, looking at ancient wall paintings. This site offers an interactive map of the cave chambers, photographs of the walls, and descriptions of the paintings and engravings—must-see pages for anyone interested in the art of prehistoric peoples.

http://www.turcantabria.com/Datos/Historia-Arte/Cuevas/Cuevas%20Altamira/altamira-i.htm
History and Art—Altamira Cave. Cave painting was not confined to France. Check out this site about the Altamira caves in Spain. One of the pages serves as a gallery of art. Click on the thumbnail images to see enlargements of pictures of bison and other animals. Then read about the features that make this cave unique.

http://vm.kemsu.ru/en/palaeolith/altamira.html
Prehistoric Art (Virtual Museum). How were the cave paintings in Altamira discovered? See how Marcelino de Sautuola and his daughter, Maria, stumbled upon this remarkable find. Included on this site is a photograph of de Sautuola and also a description of how a replica of the cave was made in Japan for a museum in that country.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neanderthals/skulls.html
NOVA Online: Neanderthals on Trial. This informative site includes a picture comparison of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon skulls that you can rotate onscreen! Zoom in for close-up views.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Geographic. Discover maps of the world, historical photographs, and interactive adventures on the National Geographic site.