Palaeolithic and Mesolithic

Significant Palaeolithic and/or Mesolithic sites

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Palaeolithic and Mesolithic':

  • Altamira Cave
  • Caves of the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst Jasov Cave
  • Chongoni Rock Art
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano Capo Grosso
  • Coa Valley and Siega Verde
  • Decorated Grottoes of the Vézčre Valley
  • Gobustan Rock Art Images span from the Paleolithic to the modern period. (AB ev)
  • Golden Mountains of Altai "The region has a rich cultural heritage. The first humans appeared in the region almost a million years ago as evidenced by Palaeolithic settlements located in the region of Gorno-Altaisk." (nomination doc)
  • Lenggong Valley In-situ Palaeolithic workshops (AB ev)
  • Mount Carmel Caves Palaeolithic
  • Mount Taishan "Mt Taishan is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese civilisation, evidence of human activity dating back 400,000 years to the Palaeolithic Period" (AB evaluation)
  • Orkhon Valley
  • Peking Man Site The Upper Cave at Zhoukoudian ("Peking Man") contains Paleolithic remains
  • Provins Palaeolithic remains
  • Qadisha Valley "Many of the caves in the Qadisha occupied by the Christian anchorites had been used in earlier as shelters and for burials, back as far as the Palaeolithic period." (AB evaluation)
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
  • Sangiran Early Man Site palaeolithic stone and bone tools such as flakes, choppers and cleavers
  • Southern Öland
  • Tadrart Acacus The site also includes the Murzuch desert, which bears traces of the different phases of the Palaeolithic.
  • Tassili n'Ajjer there are palaeolithic sites at Erg (formerly lake) Tihodaine (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Wadi Rum The numerous archaeological sites from the Palaeolithic era, of which the most important is al-Kaaka in Wadi Umm Sahm (AB ev)