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style="padding-top:0.2em">Shown within Israel</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Israel)" title="Central District (Israel)">Central District</a>, near the town of <a href="/wiki/Kafr_Qasim" title="Kafr Qasim">Kafr Qasim</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Periods</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Paleolithic" title="Lower Paleolithic">Lower Paleolithic</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Qesem cave</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Lower_Paleolithic" title="Lower Paleolithic">Lower Paleolithic</a> <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_site" title="Archaeological site">archaeological site</a> near the town of <a href="/wiki/Kafr_Qasim" title="Kafr Qasim">Kafr Qasim</a> in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>. Early humans were occupying the site by 400,000 until c. 200,000 years ago. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Karstic" class="mw-redirect" title="Karstic">karstic</a> cave attracted considerable attention in December 2010, when reports suggested Israeli and Spanish archaeologists had found the earliest evidence yet of modern humans. Science bloggers pointed out that the media coverage had inaccurately reflected the scientific report.<sup id="cite_ref-Spat_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spat-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selective large-game hunting was regularly done followed by butchery of desired carcass parts for transport back to a residence for food sharing and <a href="/wiki/Cooking#History" title="Cooking">cooking</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg/250px-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg/375px-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg/500px-%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%AA_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9D_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Qesem cave excavations, 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>The cave exists in <a href="/wiki/Turonian" title="Turonian">Turonian</a> limestone in the western mountain ridge of Israel between the <a href="/wiki/Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria Hills</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_coastal_plain" title="Israeli coastal plain">Israeli coastal plain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barkai_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barkai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gopher_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gopher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is 90m above sea level and about 12 kilometers from the east coast of Mediterranean Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deposits at the site are 7.5 m (25 ft) deep, and are divided into two layers: the upper is about 4.5 m (15 ft) thick, and the lower 3 m (10 ft). The upper forms a step on the lower one. The deposits contain <a href="/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool">stone tools</a> and animal remains from the <a href="/wiki/Acheulo-Yabrudian_complex" title="Acheulo-Yabrudian complex">Acheulo-Yabrudian complex</a>. This a period that follows after the <a href="/wiki/Acheulian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acheulian">Acheulian</a> but before the <a href="/wiki/Mousterian" title="Mousterian">Mousterian</a>. No traces of Mousterian occupation have been found.<sup id="cite_ref-Barkai_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barkai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gopher_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gopher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cave was found in October 2000 when road construction destroyed its ceiling. This led to two rescue excavations in 2001. At present the site is protected, covered and fenced and subject to on-going excavations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dating">Dating</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dating"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Qesem Cave was occupied from about 420–220 <a href="/wiki/Year#SI_prefix_multipliers" title="Year">ka</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FornaiBenazzi2016_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FornaiBenazzi2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although there is some uncertainty regarding the end date.<sup id="cite_ref-FalguèresRichard2016_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FalguèresRichard2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All archaeological finds at Qesem Cave have been assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Acheulo-Yabrudian_complex" title="Acheulo-Yabrudian complex">Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex</a> (AYCC) of the late Lower Paleolithic.<sup id="cite_ref-HershkovitzWeber2016_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HershkovitzWeber2016-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AssafBarkai2016_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AssafBarkai2016-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, <a href="/wiki/Uranium%E2%80%93uranium_dating" title="Uranium–uranium dating">230Th/234U dating</a> on <a href="/wiki/Speleothem" title="Speleothem">speleothems</a> established the beginning of the occupation as "well before about 382,000 years ago."<sup id="cite_ref-Barkai_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barkai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further research in 2010, 2013, and 2016, involved <a href="/wiki/Thermoluminescence_dating" title="Thermoluminescence dating">thermoluminescence dating</a> (TL) on burnt flints and ESR/U-series (<a href="/wiki/Electron_spin_resonance_dating" title="Electron spin resonance dating">Electron spin resonance dating</a>) on speleothems and <a href="/wiki/Herbivorous" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbivorous">herbivorous</a> teeth.<sup id="cite_ref-GopherAyalon2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GopherAyalon2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-MercierValladas2013_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MercierValladas2013-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-FalguèresRichard2016_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FalguèresRichard2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the date for the start of the occupation has been revised to 420 ka.<sup id="cite_ref-ParushGopher2016_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ParushGopher2016-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BarkaiRosell2017_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BarkaiRosell2017-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WeberFornai2016_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WeberFornai2016-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The date for the end of the occupation has been problematic, with an early estimate of "before 152,000,"<sup id="cite_ref-Barkai_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barkai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> subsequently revised to "between 220 and 194 ka" but rounded to "ca. 200 ka";<sup id="cite_ref-GopherAyalon2010_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GopherAyalon2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more recently "closer to 220 ka than to 194 ka"<sup id="cite_ref-FalguèresRichard2016_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FalguèresRichard2016-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and thus rounded to "220 ka."<sup id="cite_ref-FornaiBenazzi2016_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FornaiBenazzi2016-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artifacts">Artifacts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Artifacts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png/290px-Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png/435px-Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png/580px-Shaped_stone_balls_from_Qesem_Cave.png 2x" data-file-width="2104" data-file-height="2610" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shaped_stone_balls" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaped stone balls">Shaped stone balls</a> from Qesem Cave.</figcaption></figure> <p>Qesem Cave stone tools are made of <a href="/wiki/Flint_tool" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint tool">flint</a>. They are mainly <a href="/wiki/Blade_(archaeology)" title="Blade (archaeology)">blades</a>, end <a href="/wiki/Scraper_(archaeology)" title="Scraper (archaeology)">scrapers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burin_(lithic_flake)" title="Burin (lithic flake)">burins</a>, and naturally backed knives. There are also <a href="/wiki/Flake_tool" title="Flake tool">flakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hammerstone" title="Hammerstone">hammerstones</a>. Some of the <a href="/wiki/Stratification_(archeology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stratification (archeology)">horizons</a> contain many blades and related blade-tools but they are absent in others. However thick side-scrapers are found throughout them. <a href="/wiki/Acheulian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acheulian">Acheulian</a> type hand-axes are found at the top and at the bottom of the archaeological sequence. All stages of <a href="/wiki/Lithic_reduction" title="Lithic reduction">stone tool manufacture</a> have been found. Many of the cores have sufficient of the surface <a href="/wiki/Cortex_(archaeology)" title="Cortex (archaeology)">cortex</a> to allow reconstruction of the original stone's shape.<sup id="cite_ref-Gopher_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gopher-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stone tools of Qesem belong to 2 industries: Amudian (blades dominated) and Yabrudian (scraper dominated).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Using the concentration of <a href="/wiki/Cosmic_ray_spallation" title="Cosmic ray spallation">cosmic ray</a> created <a href="/wiki/Beryllium-10" title="Beryllium-10">Beryllium-10</a> it has been argued that the flint used at Qesem Cave was surface-collected or only dug from shallow quarries. This is in contrast to flint of the same period from <a href="/wiki/Tabun_Cave" title="Tabun Cave">Tabun Cave</a> nearby that originated two or more metres below the surface, probably after being mined.<sup id="cite_ref-Verri_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verri-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2020 study led by researcher Ella Assaf from <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_University" title="Tel Aviv University">Tel Aviv University</a> concluded that <a href="/wiki/Shaped_stone_balls" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaped stone balls">shaped stone balls</a> discovered at Qesem cave were used to break the bones of large animals in order to extract the nutritious <a href="/wiki/Bone_marrow_(food)" title="Bone marrow (food)">marrow</a> inside.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fire">Fire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Qesem Cave contains one of the <a href="/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans" title="Control of fire by early humans">earliest examples of regular use of fire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Pleistocene" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Pleistocene">Middle Pleistocene</a>. Large quantities of burnt bone, defined by a combination of microscopic and macroscopic criteria, and moderately heated soil lumps suggest butchering and prey-defleshing occurred near fireplaces. </p><p>10–36% of identified bone specimens show signs of burning and on unidentified bone ones it could be up to 84%. Such heat reached 500 degrees C.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 300,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/Hearth" title="Hearth">hearth</a> was unearthed in a central part of the cave. Layers of ash was discovered in the pit, and burnt animal bones and flint tools used for carving meat were found near the hearth, suggesting it was used repeatedly and was a focal point for the people living there.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"These were a very sophisticated, very clever people whose toolmaking was advanced, who hunted skillfully, could produce fire at will, and of course ate well, we believe it would have been a fairly small group of people staying here”, said <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv_University" title="Tel Aviv University">Tel Aviv University</a> archaeologist Ran Barkai.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2020 study concluded that hominins living in Qesem cave managed to heat their flint to different temperatures before <a href="/wiki/Knapping" title="Knapping">knapping</a> it into different tools, for instance, blades were heated at 259 °C (498 °F) and flakes at 413 °C (775 °F) .<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hunted_prey">Hunted prey</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hunted prey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The faunal assemblages consist of 14 taxa.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bones from 4,740 prey animals have been identified. These are mostly large mammals such as <a href="/wiki/Fallow_deer" title="Fallow deer">fallow deer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fallow_deer" title="Fallow deer">Dama</a>, large-bodied form, 73–76% of identified specimens), <a href="/wiki/Aurochs" title="Aurochs">aurochs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bos" title="Bos">Bos</a>), <a href="/wiki/Horse" title="Horse">horse</a> (<a href="/wiki/Equus_(genus)" title="Equus (genus)">Equus</a>, caballine type), <a href="/wiki/Sus_(genus)" title="Sus (genus)">wild pig</a> (Sus), <a href="/wiki/Wild_goat" title="Wild goat">wild goat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roe_deer" title="Roe deer">roe deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wild_ass_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Wild ass (disambiguation)">wild ass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red_deer" title="Red deer">red deer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cervus" title="Cervus">Cervus</a>). <a href="/wiki/Tortoise" title="Tortoise">Tortoise</a> (<a href="/wiki/Testudo_(genus)" title="Testudo (genus)">Testudo</a>) and a rare <a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros" title="Rhinoceros">rhinoceros</a> remains have also been found but no <a href="/wiki/Gazelle" title="Gazelle">gazelle</a> bones.<sup id="cite_ref-Stinera_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stinera-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These animal bones show marks of butchery, marrow extraction and burning from fire. Analysis of the orientation and anatomical placements of the cut marks suggest meat and connective tissue were cut off in a planned manner from the bone.<sup id="cite_ref-Stinera_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stinera-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deer remains are limited to limb bones and head parts without remains of vertebrae, ribs, pelvis, or feet suggesting that butchery was selective in regard to the body parts that had been carried to the cave following initial butchery of the animal carcasses elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-Stinera_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stinera-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moreover, the presence of fetal bones and the absence of deer antlers implies that much of the hunting took place in late winter through early summer. At that time the need for additional fat in the diet would have made those animals particularly important prey. The excavators described this as "prime-age-focused harvesting, a uniquely human predator–prey relationship".<sup id="cite_ref-Stinera_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stinera-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeological_sites_in_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeological sites in Israel">Archaeological sites in Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mugharet_el-Zuttiyeh" title="Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh">Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fossil_sites" title="List of fossil sites">List of fossil sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans" title="Control of fire by early humans">Control of fire by early humans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skhul_and_Qafzeh_hominins" title="Skhul and Qafzeh hominins">Skhul and Qafzeh hominins</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qesem_cave&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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"The Qesem Cave hominin material (part 2): A morphometric analysis of dm2-QC2 deciduous lower second molar". <i>Quaternary International</i>. <b>398</b>: 175–189. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016QuInt.398..175F">2016QuInt.398..175F</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.11.102">10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.102</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1040-6182">1040-6182</a>. <q>The Qesem Cave...site...has yielded...teeth associated to the...(AYCC) and dated to about 420-220 ka.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Quaternary+International&rft.atitle=The+Qesem+Cave+hominin+material+%28part+2%29%3A+A+morphometric+analysis+of+dm2-QC2+deciduous+lower+second+molar&rft.volume=398&rft.pages=175-189&rft.date=2016&rft.issn=1040-6182&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.11.102&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2016QuInt.398..175F&rft.aulast=Fornai&rft.aufirst=Cinzia&rft.au=Benazzi%2C+Stefano&rft.au=Gopher%2C+Avi&rft.au=Barkai%2C+Ran&rft.au=Sarig%2C+Rachel&rft.au=Bookstein%2C+Fred+L.&rft.au=Hershkovitz%2C+Israel&rft.au=Weber%2C+Gerhard+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQesem+cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FalguèresRichard2016-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FalguèresRichard2016_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FalguèresRichard2016_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FalguèresRichard2016_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFalguèresRichardTombretShao2016" class="citation journal cs1">Falguères, C.; Richard, M.; Tombret, O.; Shao, Q.; Bahain, J.J.; Gopher, A.; Barkai, R. (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273705430">"New ESR/U-series dates in Yabrudian and Amudian layers at Qesem Cave, Israel"</a>. <i>Quaternary International</i>. <b>398</b>: 6–12. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016QuInt.398....6F">2016QuInt.398....6F</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.02.006">10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.006</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1040-6182">1040-6182</a>. <q>420-200 ka...closer to 220 ka.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Quaternary+International&rft.atitle=New+ESR%2FU-series+dates+in+Yabrudian+and+Amudian+layers+at+Qesem+Cave%2C+Israel&rft.volume=398&rft.pages=6-12&rft.date=2016&rft.issn=1040-6182&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.02.006&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2016QuInt.398....6F&rft.aulast=Falgu%C3%A8res&rft.aufirst=C.&rft.au=Richard%2C+M.&rft.au=Tombret%2C+O.&rft.au=Shao%2C+Q.&rft.au=Bahain%2C+J.J.&rft.au=Gopher%2C+A.&rft.au=Barkai%2C+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F273705430&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQesem+cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HershkovitzWeber2016-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HershkovitzWeber2016_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHershkovitzWeberFornaiGopher2016" class="citation journal cs1">Hershkovitz, Israel; Weber, Gerhard W.; Fornai, Cinzia; Gopher, Avi; Barkai, Ran; Slon, Viviane; Quam, Rolf; Gabet, Yankel; Sarig, Rachel (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284803652">"New Middle Pleistocene dental remains from Qesem Cave (Israel)"</a>. <i>Quaternary International</i>. <b>398</b>: 148–158. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016QuInt.398..148H">2016QuInt.398..148H</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.08.059">10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.059</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1040-6182">1040-6182</a>. <q>All archaeological finds at Qesem Cave have been assigned to the Acheulo-Yabrusian Cultural Complex (AYCC) of the late Lower Paleolithic.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Quaternary+International&rft.atitle=New+Middle+Pleistocene+dental+remains+from+Qesem+Cave+%28Israel%29&rft.volume=398&rft.pages=148-158&rft.date=2016&rft.issn=1040-6182&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.08.059&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2016QuInt.398..148H&rft.aulast=Hershkovitz&rft.aufirst=Israel&rft.au=Weber%2C+Gerhard+W.&rft.au=Fornai%2C+Cinzia&rft.au=Gopher%2C+Avi&rft.au=Barkai%2C+Ran&rft.au=Slon%2C+Viviane&rft.au=Quam%2C+Rolf&rft.au=Gabet%2C+Yankel&rft.au=Sarig%2C+Rachel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F284803652&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQesem+cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AssafBarkai2016-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AssafBarkai2016_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAssafBarkaiGopher2016" class="citation journal cs1">Assaf, Ella; Barkai, Ran; Gopher, Avi (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274141392">"Knowledge transmission and apprentice flint-knappers in the Acheulo-Yabrudian: A case study from Qesem Cave, Israel"</a>. <i>Quaternary International</i>. <b>398</b>: 70–85. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016QuInt.398...70A">2016QuInt.398...70A</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.02.028">10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.028</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1040-6182">1040-6182</a>. <q>The site of Qesem Cave...consists of AYCC layers only.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Quaternary+International&rft.atitle=Knowledge+transmission+and+apprentice+flint-knappers+in+the+Acheulo-Yabrudian%3A+A+case+study+from+Qesem+Cave%2C+Israel&rft.volume=398&rft.pages=70-85&rft.date=2016&rft.issn=1040-6182&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2015.02.028&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2016QuInt.398...70A&rft.aulast=Assaf&rft.aufirst=Ella&rft.au=Barkai%2C+Ran&rft.au=Gopher%2C+Avi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F274141392&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQesem+cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GopherAyalon2010-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GopherAyalon2010_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GopherAyalon2010_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGopherAyalonBar-MatthewsBarkai2010" class="citation journal cs1">Gopher, A.; 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technology">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-age_system#Stone_Age_subdivisions" title="Three-age system">Subdivisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">New Stone Age</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">Technology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_technology" title="History of technology">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_archaeology" title="Glossary of archaeology">Glossary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Tools" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lithic_technology" title="Lithic technology">Tools</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_agriculture" title="History of agriculture">Farming</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution" title="Neolithic Revolution">Neolithic Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Founder_crops" title="Founder crops">Founder crops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_crops" title="New World crops">New World crops</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ard_(plough)" title="Ard (plough)">Ard / plough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celt_(tool)" title="Celt (tool)">Celt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digging_stick" title="Digging stick">Digging stick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domestication" title="Domestication">Domestication</a></li> 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title="Grinding slab">Grinding slab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground_stone" title="Ground stone">Ground stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hearth" title="Hearth">Hearth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C5%9F%C4%B1kl%C4%B1_H%C3%B6y%C3%BCk#Hearths" title="Aşıklı Höyük">Aşıklı Höyük</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Fire">Qesem cave</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_(stone)" title="Mano (stone)">Manos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metate" title="Metate">Metate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortar_and_pestle" title="Mortar and pestle">Mortar and pestle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quern-stone" title="Quern-stone">Quern-stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_storage_pits" title="Prehistoric storage pits">Storage pits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Hunting_hypothesis" title="Hunting hypothesis">Hunting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrow" title="Arrow">Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">Boomerang</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Throwing_stick" title="Throwing stick">throwing stick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_arrow" title="Bow and arrow">Bow and arrow</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_archery" title="History of archery">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravettian#Hunting" title="Gravettian">Nets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spear" title="Spear">Spear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spear-thrower" title="Spear-thrower">spear-thrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_fragment_(Palart_310)" title="Baton fragment (Palart 310)">baton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon" title="Harpoon">harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ningen_spears" title="Schöningen spears">Schöningen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woomera_(spear-thrower)" title="Woomera (spear-thrower)">woomera</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Projectile_point" title="Projectile point">Projectile points</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrowhead" title="Arrowhead">Arrowhead</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_arrowhead" title="Transverse arrowhead">Transverse</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bare_Island_projectile_point" title="Bare Island projectile point">Bare Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade_point" title="Cascade point">Cascade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_point" title="Clovis point">Clovis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creswellian_culture" title="Creswellian culture">Cresswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_point" title="Cumberland point">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_point" title="Eden point">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folsom_point" title="Folsom point">Folsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamoka_projectile_point" title="Lamoka projectile point">Lamoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manis_Mastodon_site" title="Manis Mastodon site">Manis Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plano_point" title="Plano point">Plano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Game_drive_system" title="Game drive system">Game drive system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_jump" title="Buffalo jump">Buffalo jump</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Lithic_technology" title="Lithic technology">Toolmaking</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industry_(archaeology)" title="Industry (archaeology)">Earliest toolmaking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oldowan" title="Oldowan">Oldowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acheulean" title="Acheulean">Acheulean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousterian" title="Mousterian">Mousterian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurignacian" title="Aurignacian">Aurignacian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_culture" title="Clovis culture">Clovis culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupstone" title="Cupstone">Cupstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_hardening" title="Fire hardening">Fire hardening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravettian" title="Gravettian">Gravettian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafting" title="Hafting">Hafting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hand_axe" title="Hand axe">Hand axe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grooves_(archaeology)" title="Grooves (archaeology)">Grooves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langdale_axe_industry" title="Langdale axe industry">Langdale axe industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levallois_technique" title="Levallois technique">Levallois technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_core" title="Lithic core">Lithic core</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_reduction" title="Lithic reduction">Lithic reduction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_analysis" title="Lithic analysis">analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debitage" title="Debitage">debitage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_flake" title="Lithic flake">flake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_technology" title="Lithic technology">Lithic technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdalenian" title="Magdalenian">Magdalenian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferrous_metallurgy" title="Ferrous metallurgy">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microblade_technology" title="Microblade technology">Microblade technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grime%27s_Graves" title="Grime's Graves">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prepared-core_technique" title="Prepared-core technique">Prepared-core technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solutrean" title="Solutrean">Solutrean industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striking_platform" title="Striking platform">Striking platform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tool_stone" title="Tool stone">Tool stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniface" title="Uniface">Uniface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yubetsu_technique" title="Yubetsu technique">Yubetsu technique</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">Other tools</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adze" title="Adze">Adze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stitching_awl" title="Stitching awl">Awl</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gravettian#Use_of_animal_remains" title="Gravettian">bone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axe" title="Axe">Axe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannerstone" title="Bannerstone">Bannerstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_(archaeology)" title="Blade (archaeology)">Blade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prismatic_blade" title="Prismatic blade">prismatic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bone_tool" title="Bone tool">Bone tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_drill" title="Bow drill">Bow drill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burin_(lithic_flake)" title="Burin (lithic flake)">Burin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoe#History" title="Canoe">Canoe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oar" title="Oar">Oar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pesse_canoe" title="Pesse canoe">Pesse canoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopper_(archaeology)" title="Chopper (archaeology)">Chopper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chopping_tool" title="Chopping tool">tool</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleaver_(Stone_Age_tool)" title="Cleaver (Stone Age tool)">Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denticulate_tool" title="Denticulate tool">Denticulate tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_plough" title="Fire plough">Fire plough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-saw" title="Fire-saw">Fire-saw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammerstone" title="Hammerstone">Hammerstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knife" title="Knife">Knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microlith" title="Microlith">Microlith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quern-stone" title="Quern-stone">Quern-stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racloir" title="Racloir">Racloir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">Rope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scraper_(archaeology)" title="Scraper (archaeology)">Scraper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grattoir_de_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Grattoir de côté">side</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool">Stone tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tally_stick#Paleolithic_tally_sticks" title="Tally stick">Tally stick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_weapons#Copper_Age" title="History of weapons">Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheel" title="Wheel">Wheel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bronocice_pot" title="Bronocice pot">illustration</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Architecture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_architecture" title="History of architecture">Architecture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Ceremonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiva" title="Kiva">Kiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">Pyramid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir" title="Menhir">Standing stones</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">megalith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_row" title="Stone row">row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Dwellings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_architecture" title="Neolithic architecture">Neolithic architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_long_house" title="Neolithic long house">long house</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_megalith_architecture" title="British megalith architecture">British megalith architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_megalith_architecture" title="Nordic megalith architecture">Nordic megalith architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdei" title="Burdei">Burdei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_dwelling" title="Cliff dwelling">Cliff dwelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dugout_(shelter)" title="Dugout (shelter)">Dugout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hut" title="Hut">Hut</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quiggly_hole" title="Quiggly hole">Quiggly hole</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacal" title="Jacal">Jacal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longhouse" title="Longhouse">Longhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudbrick" title="Mudbrick">Mudbrick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mehrgarh#Lifestyle_and_technology" title="Mehrgarh">Mehrgarh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pit-house" title="Pit-house">Pit-house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navajo_pueblitos" title="Navajo pueblitos">Pueblitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo" title="Pueblo">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_shelter" title="Rock shelter">Rock shelter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blombos_Cave" title="Blombos Cave">Blombos Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abri_de_la_Madeleine" title="Abri de la Madeleine">Abri de la Madeleine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibudu_Cave" title="Sibudu Cave">Sibudu Cave</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundhouse_(dwelling)" title="Roundhouse (dwelling)">Roundhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stilt_house" title="Stilt house">Stilt house</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps" title="Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps">Alp pile dwellings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ness_of_Brodgar" title="Ness of Brodgar">Stone roof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wattle_and_daub" title="Wattle and daub">Wattle and daub</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Water management</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Check_dam" title="Check dam">Check dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistern" title="Cistern">Cistern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flush_toilet#History" title="Flush toilet">Flush toilet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Well" title="Well">Well</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Other architecture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feature_(archaeology)" title="Feature (archaeology)">Archaeological features</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broch" title="Broch">Broch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnt_mound" title="Burnt mound">Burnt mound</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fulacht_fiadh" title="Fulacht fiadh">fulacht fiadh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causewayed_enclosure" title="Causewayed enclosure">Causewayed enclosure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tor_enclosure" title="Tor enclosure">Tor enclosure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_circular_enclosures_in_Central_Europe" title="Neolithic circular enclosures in Central Europe">Circular enclosure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goseck_Circle" title="Goseck Circle">Goseck</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cursus" title="Cursus">Cursus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">Henge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornborough_Henges" title="Thornborough Henges">Thornborough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_architectural_elements" title="Megalithic architectural elements">Megalithic architectural elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midden" title="Midden">Midden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_extant_buildings" title="List of oldest extant buildings">Oldest extant buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_circle" title="Timber circle">Timber circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_trackway" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber trackway">Timber trackway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Track" title="Sweet Track">Sweet Track</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Arts_and_culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_art" title="Prehistoric art">Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_culture" title="Archaeological culture">culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">Material goods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basket_weaving" title="Basket weaving">Baskets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beadwork" title="Beadwork">Beadwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bed#History" title="Bed">Beds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalcolithic" title="Chalcolithic">Chalcolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_clothing_and_textiles" title="History of clothing and textiles">Clothing/textiles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_clothing_and_textiles_technology" title="Timeline of clothing and textiles technology">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_cosmetics" title="History of cosmetics">Cosmetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Stone_Age" title="Middle Stone Age">Glue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_hide_materials" title="History of hide materials">Hides</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shoe#History" title="Shoe">shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96tzi#Clothes_and_shoes" title="Ötzi">Ötzi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewellery#History" title="Jewellery">Jewelry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amber#Use" title="Amber">amber use</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirror#History" title="Mirror">Mirrors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottery#History" title="Pottery">Pottery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardium_pottery" title="Cardium pottery">Cardium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cord-marked_pottery" title="Cord-marked pottery">Cord-marked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grooved_ware" title="Grooved ware">Grooved ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_pottery" title="Jōmon pottery">Jōmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture" title="Linear Pottery culture">Linear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unstan_ware" title="Unstan ware">Unstan ware</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewing_needle#History" title="Sewing needle">Sewing needle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">Weaving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_wine" title="History of wine">Wine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Areni-1_winery" title="Areni-1 winery">winery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_wine_press#Early_history" title="History of the wine press">wine press</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_art" title="Prehistoric art">Prehistoric art</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_of_the_Upper_Paleolithic" title="Art of the Upper Paleolithic">Art of the Upper Paleolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_of_the_Middle_Paleolithic" title="Art of the Middle Paleolithic">Art of the Middle Paleolithic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blombos_Cave#Archaeological_remains_and_material_culture_from_the_Middle_Stone_Age_levels" title="Blombos Cave">Blombos Cave</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stone_Age_art" title="List of Stone Age art">List of Stone Age art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird_stone" title="Bird stone">Bird stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairn" title="Cairn">Cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carved_stone_balls" title="Carved stone balls">Carved stone balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_painting" title="Cave painting">Cave paintings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cup_and_ring_mark" title="Cup and ring mark">Cup and ring mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoglyph" title="Geoglyph">Geoglyph</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hill_figure" title="Hill figure">Hill figure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_hat" title="Golden hat">Golden hats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_stones" title="Guardian stones">Guardian stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings" title="Gwion Gwion rock paintings">Gwion Gwion rock paintings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_painting#Pre-history" title="History of painting">painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigment#History" title="Pigment">pigment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_art" title="Megalithic art">Megalithic art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroform" title="Petroform">Petroform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">Petroglyph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrosomatoglyph" title="Petrosomatoglyph">Petrosomatoglyph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictogram" title="Pictogram">Pictogram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">Rock art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_cupule" title="Rock cupule">Rock cupule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_carving" title="Stone carving">Stone carving</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculpture#Prehistoric_periods" title="Sculpture">Sculpture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_menhir" title="Statue menhir">Statue menhir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_circle" title="Stone circle">Stone circle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stone_circles" title="List of stone circles">list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_circles_in_the_British_Isles_and_Brittany" title="Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany">British Isles and Brittany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venus_figurine" title="Venus figurine">Venus figurine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Paleolithic_religion" title="Paleolithic religion">Burial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tumulus" title="Tumulus">Burial mounds</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowl_barrow" title="Bowl barrow">Bowl barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_barrow" title="Round barrow">Round barrow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mound_Builders" title="Mound Builders">Mound Builders culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_burial_mounds_in_the_United_States" title="List of burial mounds in the United States">U.S. sites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_tomb" title="Chamber tomb">Chamber tomb</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cotswold-Severn_Group" title="Cotswold-Severn Group">Cotswold-Severn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cist" title="Cist">Cist</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dartmoor_kistvaens" title="Dartmoor kistvaens">Dartmoor kistvaens</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clava_cairn" title="Clava cairn">Clava cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_cairn" title="Court cairn">Court cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cremation#History" title="Cremation">Cremation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">Dolmen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_dolmen" title="Great dolmen">Great dolmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyre" title="Pyre">Funeral pyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallery_grave" title="Gallery grave">Gallery grave</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transepted_gallery_grave" class="mw-redirect" title="Transepted gallery grave">transepted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedge-shaped_gallery_grave" class="mw-redirect" title="Wedge-shaped gallery grave">wedge-shaped</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grave_goods" title="Grave goods">Grave goods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jar_burial" title="Jar burial">Jar burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_barrow" title="Long barrow">Long barrow</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unchambered_long_barrow" title="Unchambered long barrow">unchambered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%B8nsalen" title="Grønsalen">Grønsalen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_tomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Megalithic tomb">Megalithic tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mummy" title="Mummy">Mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passage_grave" title="Passage grave">Passage grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rectangular_dolmen" title="Rectangular dolmen">Rectangular dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_cairn" title="Ring cairn">Ring cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_dolmen" title="Simple dolmen">Simple dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_box_grave" title="Stone box grave">Stone box grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tor_cairn" title="Tor cairn">Tor cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unchambered_long_cairn" title="Unchambered long cairn">Unchambered long cairn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Other cultural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeoastronomy" title="Archaeoastronomy">Archaeoastronomy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeoastronomical_sites_by_country" title="List of archaeoastronomical sites by country">sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">lunar calendar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behavioral_modernity" title="Behavioral modernity">Behavioral modernity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_musicology" title="Evolutionary musicology">Evolutionary musicology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_archaeology" title="Music archaeology">music archaeology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_origin_of_religion" title="Evolutionary origin of religion">Evolutionary origin of religion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paleolithic_religion" title="Paleolithic religion">Paleolithic religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_religion" title="Prehistoric religion">Prehistoric religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entheogenic_drugs_and_the_archaeological_record" title="Entheogenic drugs and the archaeological record">Spiritual drug use</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_language" title="Origin of language">Origin of language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_counting" title="Prehistoric counting">Prehistoric counting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_medicine" title="Prehistoric medicine">Prehistoric medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trepanning" title="Trepanning">trepanning</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_music" title="Prehistoric music">Prehistoric music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alligator_drum" title="Alligator drum">Alligator drum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paleolithic_flute" title="Paleolithic flute">flutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divje_Babe_flute" title="Divje Babe flute">Divje Babe flute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudi_(instrument)" title="Gudi (instrument)">gudi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_warfare" title="Prehistoric warfare">Prehistoric warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diepkloof_Rock_Shelter" title="Diepkloof Rock Shelter">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howiesons_Poort#Symbolism" title="Howiesons 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title="Drachenhöhle">Drachenhöhle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudenus_cave" title="Gudenus cave">Gudenus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lurgrotte" title="Lurgrotte">Lurgrotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salzofen_cave" title="Salzofen cave">Salzofen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tischofer_Cave" title="Tischofer Cave">Tischofer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Belle-Roche</li> <li>Claminforge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schmerling_Caves" title="Schmerling Caves">Engis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goyet_Caves" title="Goyet Caves">Goyet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naulette" title="Naulette">Naulette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_flint_mines_of_Spiennes" title="Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes">Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes</a></li> <li>Ramioul</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scladina" title="Scladina">Scladina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spy_Cave" title="Spy Cave">Spy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trou_de_l%27Ab%C3%AEme" title="Trou de l'Abîme">Trou de l'Abîme</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Bosnia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badanj_Cave" title="Badanj Cave">Badanj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ledenja%C4%8Da_Cave" title="Ledenjača Cave">Ledenjača</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Bulgaria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bacho_Kiro_cave" title="Bacho Kiro cave">Bacho Kiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devetashka_cave" title="Devetashka cave">Devetashka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozarnika" class="mw-redirect" title="Kozarnika">Kozarnika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magura_Cave" title="Magura Cave">Magura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utroba_Cave" title="Utroba Cave">Utroba Cave</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Croatia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grap%C4%8Deva_cave" title="Grapčeva cave">Grapčeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krapina_Neanderthal_site" title="Krapina Neanderthal site">Krapina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vela_Spila" title="Vela Spila">Vela Spila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vindija_Cave" title="Vindija Cave">Vindija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romuald%27s_Cave" title="Romuald's Cave">Romuald's Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veternica_(cave)" title="Veternica (cave)">Veternica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Cyprus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aetokremnos" title="Aetokremnos">Aetokremnos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Czech Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amat%C3%A9rsk%C3%A1_Cave" title="Amatérská Cave">Amatérská</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BD%C4%8D%C3%AD_sk%C3%A1la_Cave" title="Býčí skála Cave">Býčí skála</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kon%C4%9Bprusy_Caves" title="Koněprusy Caves">Koněprusy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%AFlna_Cave" title="Kůlna Cave">Kůlna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mlade%C4%8D_caves" title="Mladeč caves">Mladeč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ipka" title="Šipka">Šipka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Finland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Cave" title="Wolf Cave">Wolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">France</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Sites_and_Decorated_Caves_of_the_V%C3%A9z%C3%A8re_Valley" title="Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley">Vézère Valley World Heritage Site</a></dt> <dd>Bara Bahau</dd> <dd>Bernifal</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cap_Blanc_rock_shelter" title="Cap Blanc rock shelter">Cap Blanc</a></dd> <dd>Castel Merle <dl><dd>Abri Castanet</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reverdit_rockshelter" title="Reverdit rockshelter">Reverdit</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Les_Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil" title="Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil">Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil</a></dd> <dd>Abri Audi</dd> <dd>Abri Chadourne</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Les_Combarelles" title="Les Combarelles">Les Combarelles</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cro-Magnon_rock_shelter" title="Cro-Magnon rock shelter">Cro-Magnon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Font-de-Gaume" title="Font-de-Gaume">Font-de-Gaume</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Laugerie-Basse" title="Laugerie-Basse">Laugerie-Basse</a></dd> <dd>Laugerie-Haute</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Micoque" class="mw-redirect" title="La Micoque">La Micoque</a></dd> <dd>La Mouthe</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Abri_Pataud" title="Abri Pataud">Pataud</a></dd> <dd>Abri du Poisson</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lascaux" title="Lascaux">Lascaux</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Abri_de_la_Madeleine" title="Abri de la Madeleine">La Madeleine</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rouffignac_Cave" title="Rouffignac Cave">Rouffignac</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">Other World Heritage Sites</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chauvet_Cave" title="Chauvet Cave">Chauvet</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Other caves with decoration</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Arcy-sur-Cure" title="Caves of Arcy-sur-Cure">Arcy-sur-Cure</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Gargas" title="Caves of Gargas">Gargas</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cosquer_Cave" title="Cosquer Cave">Cosquer</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grotte_de_Cussac" title="Grotte de Cussac">Cussac</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Font%C3%A9chevade" title="Fontéchevade">Fontéchevade</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Chaire_a_Calvin" title="La Chaire a Calvin">La Chaire a Calvin</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Marche_(cave)" title="La Marche (cave)">La Marche</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lombrives" title="Lombrives">Lombrives</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grotte_de_Gabillou" title="Grotte de Gabillou">Grotte de Gabillou</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marsoulas_Cave" title="Marsoulas Cave">Marsoulas</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Le_Mas-d%27Azil" title="Le Mas-d'Azil">Le Mas-d'Azil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Mayri%C3%A8res_sup%C3%A9rieure" title="Cave of Mayrières supérieure">Mayrières supérieure</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Niaux" title="Cave of Niaux">Niaux</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pair-non-Pair" title="Pair-non-Pair">Pair-non-Pair</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pech_Merle" title="Pech Merle">Pech Merle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roc-aux-Sorciers" title="Roc-aux-Sorciers">Roc-aux-Sorciers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grotte_du_Renne" title="Grotte du Renne">Renne</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Trois-Fr%C3%A8res" title="Cave of the Trois-Frères">Trois Frères</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Villars_Cave" title="Villars Cave">Villars</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_France" title="List of caves in France">Other caves</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arago_cave" title="Arago cave">Arago</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Aurignac" title="Cave of Aurignac">Aurignac</a></dd> <dd>Azé</dd> <dd>Balauzière</dd> <dd>Bonne-Femme</dd> <dd>Bouillon</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bruniquel_Cave" title="Bruniquel Cave">Bruniquel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lamanon" title="Lamanon">Calès</a></dd> <dd>Cauna</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Chapelle-aux-Saints" title="La Chapelle-aux-Saints">La Chapelle-aux-Saints</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Combe_Grenal" title="Combe Grenal">Combe Grenal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Ferrassie" title="La Ferrassie">La Ferrassie</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Grotte_des_F%C3%A9es" title="La Grotte des Fées">Fées</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fontbr%C3%A9goua_Cave" title="Fontbrégoua Cave">Fontbrégoua</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grotte_du_Lazaret" title="Grotte du Lazaret">Lazaret</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Le_Moustier" title="Le Moustier">Le Moustier</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Noisetier_Cave" title="Noisetier Cave">Noisetier</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Quina" title="La Quina">La Quina</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Raymonden" title="Raymonden">Raymonden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Le_Regourdou" title="Le Regourdou">Le Regourdou</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rochereil" title="Rochereil">Rochereil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grotte_du_Vallonnet" title="Grotte du Vallonnet">Vallonnet</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Germany</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Caves_and_Ice_Age_Art_in_the_Swabian_Jura" title="Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura">Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura World Heritage Site</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bockstein_Cave" title="Bockstein Cave">Bockstein</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Geissenkl%C3%B6sterle" title="Geissenklösterle">Geissenklösterle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hohle_Fels" title="Hohle Fels">Hohle Fels</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hohlenstein-Stadel" title="Hohlenstein-Stadel">Hohlenstein-Stadel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sirgenstein_Cave" title="Sirgenstein Cave">Sirgenstein</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Vogelherd_Cave" title="Vogelherd Cave">Vogelherd</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Other caves</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baumann%27s_Cave" title="Baumann's Cave">Baumann's</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brillenh%C3%B6hle" title="Brillenhöhle">Brillenhöhle</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kleine_Feldhofer_Grotte" title="Kleine Feldhofer Grotte">Kleine Feldhofer</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lichtenstein_Cave" title="Lichtenstein Cave">Lichtenstein</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ofnet_Caves" title="Ofnet Caves">Ofnet</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef"><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Tower_Cave" title="Devil's Tower Cave">Devil's Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorham%27s_Cave" title="Gorham's Cave">Gorham's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanguard_Cave" title="Vanguard Cave">Vanguard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Greece</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alepotrypa_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Alepotrypa cave">Alepotrypa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apidima_Cave" title="Apidima Cave">Apidima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asphendou_Cave_petroglyphs" title="Asphendou Cave petroglyphs">Asphendou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eileithyia_Cave" title="Eileithyia Cave">Eileithyia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franchthi_Cave" title="Franchthi Cave">Franchthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleidi_Cave" title="Kleidi Cave">Kleidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalakkos" title="Megalakkos">Megalakkos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petralona_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Petralona cave">Petralona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stravomyti" class="mw-redirect" title="Stravomyti">Stravomyti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theopetra_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Theopetra cave">Theopetra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Hungary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baradla_cave" title="Baradla cave">Baradla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szelim_cave" title="Szelim cave">Szelim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grotta_dell%27Addaura" title="Grotta dell'Addaura">Addaura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arene_Candide" title="Arene Candide">Arene Candide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balzi_Rossi" title="Balzi Rossi">Balzi Rossi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grotta_del_Cavallo" title="Grotta del Cavallo">Cavallo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corbeddu_Cave" title="Corbeddu Cave">Corbeddu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer_Cave_(Otranto)" title="Deer Cave (Otranto)">Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grotta_delle_Felci" title="Grotta delle Felci"><i>Felci</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paglicci_Cave" title="Paglicci Cave">Paglicci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romito_Cave" title="Romito Cave">Romito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripari_Villabruna" title="Ripari Villabruna">Villabruna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef"><a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_Cotte_de_St_Brelade" title="La Cotte de St Brelade">St Brelade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Kosovo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bukuroshja_e_Fjetur_Cave" title="Bukuroshja e Fjetur Cave">Bukuroshja e Fjetur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Luxembourg</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loschbur" class="mw-redirect" title="Loschbur">Loschbur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Malta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G%C4%A7ar_Dalam" title="Għar Dalam">Għar Dalam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef"><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cocev_Kamen" title="Cocev Kamen">Cocev Kamen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Norway</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Svarthola" title="Svarthola">Svarthola</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Poland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ob%C5%82azowa_Cave" title="Obłazowa Cave">Obłazowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Cave" title="Paradise Cave">Paradise</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Aroeira" title="Cave of Aroeira">Aroeira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escoural_Cave" title="Escoural Cave">Escoural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furninha" title="Furninha">Furninha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abrigo_do_Lagar_Velho" title="Abrigo do Lagar Velho">Lagar Velho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Rock-Art_Site_of_Pala_Pinta" title="Prehistoric Rock-Art Site of Pala Pinta">Pala Pinta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Pedra_Furada" title="Cave of Pedra Furada">Pedra Furada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Pego_do_Diabo" title="Cave of Pego do Diabo">Pego do Diabo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Salemas" title="Cave of Salemas">Salemas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Romania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coliboaia_Cave" title="Coliboaia Cave">Coliboaia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuciulat_Cave" title="Cuciulat Cave">Cuciulat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pe%C8%99tera_Muierilor" title="Peștera Muierilor">Muierilor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pe%C8%99tera_cu_Oase" title="Peștera cu Oase">Oase</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Russia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhshtyrskaya_Cave" title="Akhshtyrskaya Cave">Akhshtyrskaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chertovy_Vorota_Cave" title="Chertovy Vorota Cave">Chertovy Vorota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denisova_Cave" title="Denisova Cave">Denisova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatievka_Cave" title="Ignatievka Cave">Ignatievka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulgan-Tash_Cave" title="Shulgan-Tash Cave">Shulgan-Tash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezmaiskaya_cave" title="Mezmaiskaya cave">Mezmaiskaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okladnikov_Cave" title="Okladnikov Cave">Okladnikov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Serbia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Had%C5%BEi-Prodan%27s_Cave" title="Hadži-Prodan's Cave">Hadži-Prodan's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pe%C5%A1turina" title="Pešturina">Pešturina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Risova%C4%8Da_Cave" title="Risovača Cave">Risovača</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balanica" title="Balanica">Mala Balanica and Velika Balanica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Slovakia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%8Certova_pec" title="Čertova pec">Čertova pec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domica_Cave" title="Domica Cave">Domica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasovsk%C3%A1_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Jasovská Cave">Jasovská</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Slovenia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Betal_Rock_Shelter" title="Betal Rock Shelter">Betal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divje_Babe" title="Divje Babe">Divje Babe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hell_Cave" title="Hell Cave">Pekel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potok_Cave" title="Potok Cave">Potok</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira_and_Paleolithic_Cave_Art_of_Northern_Spain" title="Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain">Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain World Heritage Site</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira" title="Cave of Altamira">Altamira</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caves_in_Cantabria" title="Caves in Cantabria">Caves in Cantabria</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Chuf%C3%ADn" title="Cave of Chufín">Chufín</a></dd> <dd>Covalanas</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/La_Garma_cave_complex" title="La Garma cave complex">La Garma</a></dd> <dd>Hornos de la Peña</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Monte_Castillo" title="Caves of Monte Castillo">Monte Castillo</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_El_Castillo" title="Cave of El Castillo">El Castillo</a></dd> <dd>Las Chimeneas</dd> <dd>Las Monedas</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_La_Pasiega" title="Cave of La Pasiega">La Pasiega</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd>El Pendo</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tito_Bustillo_Cave" title="Tito Bustillo Cave">Tito Bustillo</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Altxerri" title="Cave of Altxerri">Altxerri</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Santimami%C3%B1e" title="Santimamiñe">Santimamiñe</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Los_Aviones" title="Cave of Los Aviones">Los Aviones</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Rock_art_of_the_Iberian_Mediterranean_Basin" title="Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin">Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin World Heritage Site</a>)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cuevas_de_la_Ara%C3%B1a" title="Cuevas de la Araña">Araña</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roca_dels_Moros" title="Roca dels Moros">Roca dels Moros</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">Other World Heritage Sites</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Atapuerca_Mountains" title="Atapuerca Mountains">Atapuerca</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Siega_Verde" class="mw-redirect" title="Siega Verde">Siega Verde</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Other caves with decoration</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Bacinete" title="Cave of Bacinete">Bacinete</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Barranc_del_Migdia" title="Cave of the Barranc del Migdia">Barranc del Migdia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Las_Caldas_cave" title="Las Caldas cave">Las Caldas</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Casares" title="Cueva de los Casares">Los Casares</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Maltravieso" title="Cave of Maltravieso">Maltravieso</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cueva_de_los_Murci%C3%A9lagos" title="Cueva de los Murciélagos">los Murciélagos</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Nerja" title="Caves of Nerja">Nerja</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Ni%C3%B1o" title="Cave of Niño">Niño</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ojo_Guare%C3%B1a" title="Ojo Guareña">Ojo Guareña</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1as_de_Cabrera" title="Peñas de Cabrera">Peñas de Cabrera</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cueva_de_la_Pileta" title="Cueva de la Pileta">la Pileta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Praileaitz_Cave" title="Praileaitz Cave">Praileaitz</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sidr%C3%B3n_Cave" title="Sidrón Cave">Sidrón</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_Spain" title="List of caves in Spain">Other caves</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Angel" title="Cave of the Angel">Ángel</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cueva_Ant%C3%B3n" title="Cueva Antón">Antón</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Armintxe_Cave" title="Armintxe Cave">Armintxe</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Axlor" title="Axlor">Axlor</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Bedmar" title="Cave of Bedmar">Bedmar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roca_dels_Bous_(archaeological_site)" title="Roca dels Bous (archaeological site)">dels Bous</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Don_Gaspar" title="Caves of Don Gaspar">Don Gaspar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_the_Guanches" title="Cave of the Guanches">Guanches</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/El_Mir%C3%B3n_Cave" title="El Mirón Cave">El Mirón</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Catalina_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santa Catalina Cave (page does not exist)">Santa Catalina</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cave_del_Valle_(Cantabria)" title="Cave del Valle (Cantabria)">del Valle</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Switzerland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grotte_du_Bichon" title="Grotte du Bichon">Bichon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildkirchli" title="Wildkirchli">Wildkirchli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">Ukraine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Verteba_Cave" title="Verteba Cave">Verteba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:lef">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aveline%27s_Hole" title="Aveline's Hole">Aveline's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bontnewydd_Palaeolithic_site" title="Bontnewydd Palaeolithic site">Bontnewydd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathole_Cave" title="Cathole Cave">Cathole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coygan_Cave" title="Coygan Cave">Coygan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creswell_Crags" title="Creswell Crags">Creswell Crags</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gough%27s_Cave" title="Gough's Cave">Gough's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathery_Burn_Cave" title="Heathery Burn Cave">Heathery Burn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Pasture_Cave" title="High Pasture Cave">High Pasture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick%27s_Cave" title="Kendrick's Cave">Kendrick's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kents_Cavern" title="Kents Cavern">Kents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Hole_Cave" title="Long Hole Cave">Long Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch_Caves" title="Marble Arch Caves">Marble Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldbury_rock_shelters" title="Oldbury rock shelters">Oldbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portbraddon_Cave" title="Portbraddon Cave">Portbraddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Lady_of_Paviland" title="Red Lady of Paviland">Red Lady of Paviland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand,_Applecross" title="Sand, Applecross">Sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor%27s_Cave" title="Thor's Cave">Thor's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windmill_Hill_Cavern" title="Windmill Hill Cavern">Windmill Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Asia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rock_art_in_Asia" title="Category:Rock art in Asia">Asia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Afghanistan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darra-e_Kur" title="Darra-e Kur">Darra-e Kur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Armenia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Areni-1_cave_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Areni-1 cave complex">Areni-1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Azerbaijan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allar_Cave" title="Allar Cave">Allar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azykh_Cave" title="Azykh Cave">Azykh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buzeyir_cave" title="Buzeyir cave">Buzeyir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damjili_Cave" title="Damjili Cave">Damjili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%C4%9Flar_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Tağlar Cave">Tağlar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zar_Cave" title="Zar Cave">Zar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazma_Cave" title="Gazma Cave">Gazma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Cambodia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laang_Spean" title="Laang Spean">Laang Spean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baishiya_Karst_Cave" title="Baishiya Karst Cave">Baishiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuyan_Cave" title="Fuyan Cave">Fuyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guanyindong" title="Guanyindong">Guanyindong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luobi_Cave" title="Luobi Cave">Luobi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianyuan_Cave" title="Tianyuan Cave">Tianyuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xianren_Cave" title="Xianren Cave">Xianren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuchanyan_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuchanyan Cave">Yuchanyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhoukoudian" title="Zhoukoudian">Zhoukoudian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zengpiyan_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Zengpiyan Cave">Zengpiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhiren_Cave" title="Zhiren Cave">Zhiren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">East Timor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerimalai" class="mw-redirect" title="Jerimalai">Jerimalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laili_(cave)" title="Laili (cave)">Laili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lene_Hara_cave" title="Lene Hara cave">Lene Hara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Georgia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satsurblia_Cave" title="Satsurblia Cave">Satsurblia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">India</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambadevi_rock_shelters" title="Ambadevi rock shelters">Ambadevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belum_Caves" title="Belum Caves">Belum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters" title="Bhimbetka rock shelters">Bhimbetka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edakkal_Caves" class="mw-redirect" title="Edakkal Caves">Edakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudiyam_Cave" title="Gudiyam Cave">Gudiyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahargarh_caves" title="Pahargarh caves">Pahargarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikla" title="Tikla">Tikla</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Indonesia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harimau_Cave" title="Harimau Cave">Harimau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lubang_Jeriji_Sal%C3%A9h" title="Lubang Jeriji Saléh">Jeriji Saléh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liang_Bua" title="Liang Bua">Liang Bua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettakere_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Pettakere cave">Pettakere</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Iran</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bisitun_Cave" title="Bisitun Cave">Bisitun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darband_Cave" title="Darband Cave">Darband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Do-Ashkaft_Cave" title="Do-Ashkaft Cave">Do-Ashkaft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eshkaft-e_Siahoo" title="Eshkaft-e Siahoo">Eshkaft-e Siahoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huto_and_Kamarband_Caves" class="mw-redirect" title="Huto and Kamarband Caves">Huto and Kamarband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaleh_Bozi" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaleh Bozi">Qaleh Bozi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warwasi" title="Warwasi">Warwasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wezmeh" title="Wezmeh">Wezmeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yafteh" title="Yafteh">Yafteh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Iraq</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hazar_Merd_Cave" title="Hazar Merd Cave">Hazar Merd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanidar_Cave" title="Shanidar Cave">Shanidar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Israel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amud_Cave" title="Amud Cave">Amud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HaYonim_Cave" title="HaYonim Cave">HaYonim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kebara_Cave" title="Kebara Cave">Kebara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manot_Cave" title="Manot Cave">Manot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misliya_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Misliya cave">Misliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahal_Me%27arot_Nature_Reserve" title="Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve">Nahal Me'arot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahal_Hemar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nahal Hemar">Nahal Hemar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahal_Oren_(archaeological_site)" title="Nahal Oren (archaeological site)">Nahal Oren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qafzeh_cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Qafzeh cave">Qafzeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qesem_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Qesem Cave">Qesem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raqefet_Cave" title="Raqefet Cave">Raqefet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Es_Skhul" class="mw-redirect" title="Es Skhul">Skhul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabun_Cave" title="Tabun Cave">Tabun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mugharet_el-Zuttiyeh" title="Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh">Zuttiyeh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Japan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosegasawa_Cave" title="Kosegasawa Cave">Kosegasawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minatogawa_Man" title="Minatogawa Man">Minatogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muroya_Cave" title="Muroya Cave">Muroya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Czakai_Cave_Dwelling_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Ōzakai Cave Dwelling Site">Ōzakai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinza-Abu_Cave_Man" title="Pinza-Abu Cave Man">Pinza-Abu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiraho_Saonetabaru_Cave_Ruins" title="Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins">Shiraho Saonetabaru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobayama_Cave" title="Tobayama Cave">Tobayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamashita_Cave_Man" title="Yamashita Cave Man">Yamashita</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Jordan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_ed-Dubb" title="Iraq ed-Dubb">Iraq ed-Dubb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Laos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tham_An_Mah" title="Tham An Mah">Tham An Mah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tam_Pa_Ling_Cave" title="Tam Pa Ling Cave">Tam Pa Ling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Lebanon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antelias_cave" title="Antelias cave">Antelias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeita_Grotto" title="Jeita Grotto">Jeita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaukaba" title="Kaukaba">Kaukaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ksar_Akil" title="Ksar Akil">Ksar Akil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ras_Baalbek_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Ras Baalbek I">Ras Baalbek I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ras_El_Kelb" title="Ras El Kelb">Ras El Kelb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nachcharini" title="Nachcharini">Nachcharini</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Malaysia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Niah_National_Park" title="Niah National Park">Niah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Mongolia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khoit_Tsenkher_Cave_Rock_Art" title="Khoit Tsenkher Cave Rock Art">Khoit Tsenkher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Myanmar</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padah-Lin_Caves" title="Padah-Lin Caves">Padah-Lin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Pakistan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanghao_Cave" title="Sanghao Cave">Sanghao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shuqba_cave" title="Shuqba cave">Shuqba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Philippines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callao_Cave" title="Callao Cave">Callao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalanay_Cave" title="Kalanay Cave">Kalanay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minori_Cave" title="Minori Cave">Minori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapuz_Lapuz_Cave" title="Lapuz Lapuz Cave">Lapuz Lapuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabon_Caves" title="Tabon Caves">Tabon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Sri Lanka</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Batadombalena" title="Batadombalena">Batadombalena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belilena" class="mw-redirect" title="Belilena">Belilena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fa_Hien_Cave" title="Fa Hien Cave">Fa Hien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunugalagala_Limestone_Cave" title="Hunugalagala Limestone Cave">Hunugalagala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Thailand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pha_Taem_National_Park" title="Pha Taem National Park">Pha Taem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spirit_Cave,_Thailand" class="mw-redirect" title="Spirit Cave, Thailand">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tham_Lod_rockshelter" title="Tham Lod rockshelter">Tham Lod</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Turkmenistan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Dzhebel" title="Cave of Dzhebel">Dzhebel</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Turkey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belba%C5%9F%C4%B1" title="Belbaşı">Belbaşı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karain_Cave" title="Karain Cave">Karain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yar%C4%B1mburgaz_Cave" title="Yarımburgaz Cave">Yarımburgaz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Uzbekistan</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obi-Rakhmat_Grotto" title="Obi-Rakhmat Grotto">Obi-Rakhmat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teshik-Tash" class="mw-redirect" title="Teshik-Tash">Teshik-Tash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Vietnam</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Con_Moong_Cave" title="Con Moong Cave">Con Moong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ng%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Dm" title="Ngườm">Ngườm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Africa" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rock_art_in_Africa" title="Category:Rock art in Africa">Africa</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Algeria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gueldaman_caves" title="Gueldaman caves">Gueldaman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Botswana</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsodilo" title="Tsodilo">Tsodilo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manyana_Rock_Paintings" title="Manyana Rock Paintings">Manyana Rock Paintings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Cameroon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shum_Laka" title="Shum Laka">Shum Laka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">DR Congo</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matupi_Cave" title="Matupi Cave">Matupi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Egypt</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Beasts" title="Cave of Beasts">Beasts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Swimmers" title="Cave of Swimmers">Swimmers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Kenya</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enkapune_Ya_Muto" title="Enkapune Ya Muto">Enkapune Ya Muto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Njoro_River_Cave" title="Njoro River Cave">Njoro River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Lesotho</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liphofung_Historical_Site" title="Liphofung Historical Site">Liphofung</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Libya</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haua_Fteah" title="Haua Fteah">Haua Fteah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uan_Muhuggiag" title="Uan Muhuggiag">Uan Muhuggiag</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Morocco</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Hercules" title="Caves of Hercules">Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifri_N%27Ammar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ifri N'Ammar">Ifri N'Ammar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifri_N%27Amr_Ou_Moussa" title="Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa">Ifri N'Amr Ou Moussa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ifri_Oudadane" title="Ifri Oudadane">Ifri Oudadane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Irhoud" title="Jebel Irhoud">Jebel Irhoud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelif_el_Boroud" class="mw-redirect" title="Kelif el Boroud">Kelif el Boroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taforalt" title="Taforalt">Taforalt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Mozambique</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ngalue" title="Ngalue">Ngalue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Namibia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_11_Cave" title="Apollo 11 Cave">Apollo 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_White_Lady_(Namibia)" title="The White Lady (Namibia)">The White Lady</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Nigeria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rop_rock_shelter" title="Rop rock shelter">Rop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Somaliland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhambalin" title="Dhambalin">Dhambalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaymoole" title="Dhaymoole">Dhaymoole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laas_Geel" title="Laas Geel">Laas Geel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">South Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Humankind" title="Cradle of Humankind">Cradle of Humankind, World Heritage Site</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bolt%27s_Farm" title="Bolt's Farm">Bolt's Farm</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cooper%27s_Cave" title="Cooper's Cave">Cooper's</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Drimolen" title="Drimolen">Drimolen</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gladysvale_Cave" title="Gladysvale Cave">Gladysvale</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gondolin_Cave" title="Gondolin Cave">Gondolin</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Haasgat" title="Haasgat">Haasgat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kromdraai_fossil_site" title="Kromdraai fossil site">Kromdraai</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Makapansgat" title="Makapansgat">Makapansgat</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Malapa_Fossil_Site,_Cradle_of_Humankind" title="Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind">Malapa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Minnaar%27s_Cave" title="Minnaar's Cave">Minnaar's</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motsetsi" title="Motsetsi">Motsetsi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Plovers_Lake" title="Plovers Lake">Plovers Lake</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rising_Star_Cave" title="Rising Star Cave">Rising Star</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sterkfontein" title="Sterkfontein">Sterkfontein</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Swartkrans" title="Swartkrans">Swartkrans</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Other caves</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Blombos_Cave" title="Blombos Cave">Blombos</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Border_Cave" title="Border Cave">Border</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boomplaas_Cave" title="Boomplaas Cave">Boomplaas</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Byneskranskop" title="Byneskranskop">Byneskranskop</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cango_Caves" title="Cango Caves">Cango</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Diepkloof_Rock_Shelter" title="Diepkloof Rock Shelter">Diepkloof</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Elands_Bay_Cave" title="Elands Bay Cave">Elands Bay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Howieson%27s_Poort_Shelter" title="Howieson's Poort Shelter">Howieson's Poort</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Klasies_River_Caves" title="Klasies River Caves">Klasies River</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Melkhoutboom_Cave" title="Melkhoutboom Cave">Melkhoutboom</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Bay_Cave" title="Nelson Bay Cave">Nelson Bay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pinnacle_Point" title="Pinnacle Point">Pinnacle Point</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sibudu_Cave" title="Sibudu Cave">Sibudu</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Stadsaal_Caves" title="Stadsaal Caves">Stadsaal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wonderwerk_Cave" title="Wonderwerk Cave">Wonderwerk</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Tanzania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kondoa_Rock-Art_Sites" title="Kondoa Rock-Art Sites">Kondoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahi_rock_art_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahi rock art sites">Bahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumba_Cave" title="Mumba Cave">Mumba</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Uganda</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nyero_rock_paintings" title="Nyero rock paintings">Nyero</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Zambia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalemba_Rockshelter" title="Kalemba Rockshelter">Kalemba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumbwa_Caves" title="Mumbwa Caves">Mumbwa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Zimbabwe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bambata_Cave" title="Bambata Cave">Bambata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="North_and_South_America" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rock_art_in_North_America" title="Category:Rock art in North America">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/Category:Rock_art_in_South_America" title="Category:Rock art in South America">South America</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Argentina</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cueva_de_las_Manos" title="Cueva de las Manos">Cueva de las Manos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Aruba</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quadiriki_Caves" title="Quadiriki Caves">Quadiriki</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Belize</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Actun_Tunichil_Muknal" title="Actun Tunichil Muknal">Actun Tunichil Muknal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barton_Creek_Cave" title="Barton Creek Cave">Barton Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Terror_Cave" title="Midnight Terror Cave">Midnight Terror</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Brazil</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grotto_of_the_Gentio" title="Grotto of the Gentio">Gentio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gruta_de_Maquin%C3%A9" title="Gruta de Maquiné">Maquiné</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caverna_da_Pedra_Pintada" title="Caverna da Pedra Pintada">Pedra Pintada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavernas_do_Perua%C3%A7u_National_Park" title="Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park">Peruaçu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gruta_Rei_do_Mato" title="Gruta Rei do Mato">Rei do Mato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapa_do_Santo" title="Lapa do Santo">Santo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toca_da_Tira_Peia" title="Toca da Tira Peia">Toca da Tira Peia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Canada</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluefish_Caves" title="Bluefish Caves">Bluefish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Lake_Cave" title="Charlie Lake Cave">Charlie Lake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Chile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cueva_Fell" title="Cueva Fell">Fell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cueva_del_Milod%C3%B3n_Natural_Monument" title="Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument">Milodón</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Colombia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/El_Abra" title="El Abra">El Abra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serran%C3%ADa_de_Chiribiquete#Protected_area" title="Serranía de Chiribiquete">Chiribiquete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedras_del_Tunjo_Archaeological_Park" title="Piedras del Tunjo Archaeological Park">Piedras del Tunjo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1chica#Rock_art" title="Sáchica">Sáchica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tequendama" title="Tequendama">Tequendama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibit%C3%B3" title="Tibitó">Tibitó</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Cuba</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambrosio_Cave" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrosio Cave">Ambrosio</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Calero_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calero Cave (page does not exist)">Calero</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Centella_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centella Cave (page does not exist)">Centella</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cura_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cura Cave (page does not exist)">Cura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patana_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patana Cave (page does not exist)">Patana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pluma_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pluma Cave (page does not exist)">Pluma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hato_Caves" title="Hato Caves">Hato</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Dominican Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pomier_Caves" title="Pomier Caves">Pomier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Jamaica</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_Mile_Cave" title="Long Mile Cave">Long Mile</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Mexico</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chan_Hol" title="Chan Hol">Chan Hol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coxcatlan_Cave" title="Coxcatlan Cave">Coxcatlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzibilchaltun" title="Dzibilchaltun">Dzibilchaltún</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cueva_de_las_Flechas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cueva de las Flechas (page does not exist)">Las Flechas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frightful_Cave" title="Frightful Cave">Frightful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guil%C3%A1_Naquitz_Cave" title="Guilá Naquitz Cave">Guilá Naquitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistema_Ox_Bel_Ha" title="Sistema Ox Bel Ha">Ox Bel Ha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxtotitl%C3%A1n" title="Oxtotitlán">Oxtotitlán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistema_Sac_Actun" title="Sistema Sac Actun">Sac Actun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Peru</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chivateros" title="Chivateros">Chivateros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guitarrero_Cave" title="Guitarrero Cave">Guitarrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pikimachay" title="Pikimachay">Pikimachay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qillqatani" title="Qillqatani">Qillqatani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toquepala_Caves" title="Toquepala Caves">Toquepala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%27uqu_T%27uquyuq" title="T'uqu T'uquyuq">T'uqu T'uquyuq</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Suriname</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Werehpai" title="Werehpai">Werehpai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Research_Cave" title="Research Cave">Arnold Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Cave" title="Baker Cave">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonfire_Shelter" title="Bonfire Shelter">Bonfire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bull_Thistle_Cave_Archaeological_Site" title="Bull Thistle Cave Archaeological Site">Bull Thistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnet_Cave" title="Burnet Cave">Burnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Creek_Rockshelter" title="Cherry Creek Rockshelter">Cherry Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Millennial_site" title="Colorado Millennial site">Colorado Millennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danger_Cave" title="Danger Cave">Danger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daugherty%27s_Cave_and_Breeding_Site" title="Daugherty's Cave and Breeding Site">Daugherty's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_Creek_Rockshelter" title="Dry Creek Rockshelter">Dry Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durango_Rock_Shelters_Archeology_Site" title="Durango Rock Shelters Archeology Site">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dust_Cave" title="Dust Cave">Dust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutchess_Quarry_Cave_Site" title="Dutchess Quarry Cave Site">Dutchess Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Rock_Cave" title="Fort Rock Cave">Fort Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franktown_Cave" title="Franktown Cave">Franktown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatecliff_Rockshelter" title="Gatecliff Rockshelter">Gatecliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Cave" title="Graham Cave">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Cave" title="Hidden Cave">Hidden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Valley_Rock_Shelter" title="Hidden Valley Rock Shelter">Hidden Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogup_Cave" title="Hogup Cave">Hogup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Cave" title="Humboldt Cave">Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Grange_Rock_Shelter" title="La Grange Rock Shelter">La Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper_Cave" title="Last Supper Cave">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levi_Rock_Shelter" title="Levi Rock Shelter">Levi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LoDaisKa_site" title="LoDaisKa site">LoDaisKa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovelock_Cave" title="Lovelock Cave">Lovelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park" title="Mammoth Cave National Park">Mammoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantle%27s_Cave" title="Mantle's Cave">Mantle's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmes_Rockshelter" title="Marmes Rockshelter">Marmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martz_Rock_Shelters" title="Martz Rock Shelters">Martz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowcroft_Rockshelter" title="Meadowcroft Rockshelter">Meadowcroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modoc_Rock_Shelter" title="Modoc Rock Shelter">Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mummy_Cave" title="Mummy Cave">Mummy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Your_Knees_Cave" title="On Your Knees Cave">On Your Knees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Caves" title="Paisley Caves">Paisley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendejo_Cave" title="Pendejo Cave">Pendejo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictograph_Cave_(Billings,_Montana)" title="Pictograph Cave (Billings, Montana)">Pictograph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockhouse_Cliffs_Rockshelters" title="Rockhouse Cliffs Rockshelters">Rockhouse Cliffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Cave_National_Monument" title="Russell Cave National Monument">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandia_Cave" title="Sandia Cave">Sandia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoup_Rock_Shelters" title="Shoup Rock Shelters">Shoup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisyphus_Shelter" title="Sisyphus Shelter">Sisyphus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanfield-Worley_Bluff_Shelter" title="Stanfield-Worley Bluff Shelter">Stanfield-Worley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tainter_Cave" title="Tainter Cave">Tainter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomaquag_Rock_Shelters" title="Tomaquag Rock Shelters">Tomaquag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trail_Creek_Caves" title="Trail Creek Caves">Trail Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinchera_Cave_Archeological_District" title="Trinchera Cave Archeological District">Trinchera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ventana_Cave" title="Ventana Cave">Ventana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Butte_Cave" title="Wilson Butte Cave">Wilson Butte</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Oceania" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Rock_art_of_Oceania" title="Category:Rock art of Oceania">Oceania</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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title="Beginner's Luck Cave (page does not exist)">Beginner's Luck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanche_Cave" title="Blanche Cave">Blanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bone_Cave_(Tasmania)" title="Bone Cave (Tasmania)">Bone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrup_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Burrup Peninsula">Burrup</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cave_Bay_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cave Bay Cave (page does not exist)">Cave Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliefden_Caves" title="Cliefden Caves">Cliefden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloggs_Cave" title="Cloggs Cave">Cloggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Lair" title="Devil's Lair">Devil's Lair</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eagles_Reach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eagles Reach (page does not exist)">Eagles Reach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fossil_Cave" title="Fossil Cave">Fossil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabarnmung" title="Gabarnmung">Gabarnmung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings" title="Gwion Gwion rock paintings">Gwion Gwion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenolan_Caves#Indigenous_culture" title="Jenolan Caves">Jenolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koongine_Cave" title="Koongine Cave">Koongine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koonalda_Cave" title="Koonalda Cave">Koonalda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutikina_Cave" title="Kutikina Cave">Kutikina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Mackintosh" title="Lake Mackintosh">Mackintosh 90/1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madjedbebe" title="Madjedbebe">Madjedbebe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_(Western_Australia)" title="Mammoth Cave (Western Australia)">Mammoth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mannalargenna_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mannalargenna Cave (page does not exist)">Mannalargenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudgegonga_rock_shelter" title="Mudgegonga rock shelter">Mudgegonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murrawijinie_Cave" title="Murrawijinie 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(page does not exist)">Warreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Caves" title="Wellington Caves">Wellington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gadao%27s_Cave" title="Gadao's Cave">Gadao's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahlac_Pictograph_Cave" title="Mahlac Pictograph Cave">Mahlac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talagi_Pictograph_Cave" title="Talagi Pictograph Cave">Talagi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Hawaii</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Makauwahi_Cave" title="Makauwahi Cave">Makauwahi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pindai_Caves" title="Pindai Caves">Pindai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">New Zealand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moncks_Cave" title="Moncks Cave">Moncks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruakuri_Cave" title="Ruakuri Cave">Ruakuri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chugai%27_Pictograph_Site" title="Chugai' Pictograph Site">Chugai'</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Papua New Guinea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kilu_Cave" title="Kilu Cave">Kilu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Samoa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Falemauga_Caves" title="Falemauga Caves">Falemauga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left">Tuvalu</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Nanumanga" 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