Palaeolithic and Mesolithic

Connected Sites: 33

Significant Palaeolithic and/or Mesolithic sites

Connected Sites

  • Southern Öland
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.62
    113
    7
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.95
    49
    7
  • Vézère Valley
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.54
    113
    12
  • Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.12
    108
    7
  • Cilento and Vallo di Diano
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.39
    169
    5
    Capo Grosso
  • Tassili n'Ajjer
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.62
    21
    2
    there are palaeolithic sites at Erg (formerly lake) Tihodaine (UNEP-WCMC)
  • Rock Art in the Hail Region
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.25
    35
    4
    "Observation of Middle Palaeolithic stone tools both on Umm Sinman and in its immediate vicinity, suggests that, already in the Pleistocene, climatic variations attracted human occupation of the Jubbah oasis during dry periods (...). Near the Shuwaymis sites, streams and lakes occurred during Pleistocene periods and some of this surface water also persisted well into the Holocene. Here too, Middle Palaeolithic occupation evidence has been reported." (AB Ev)
  • Lenggong Valley
    Inscribed: 2012
    1.76
    47
    14
    In-situ Palaeolithic workshops (AB ev)
  • The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.59
    9
    3
    "The stratigraphy of the Middle Stone Age layers at the three component parts together shows that the dated levels reflect a reliable and sequential record of human behaviour through many tens of thousands of years, reaching back as far as 162,000 BP." - "The Diepkloof Rock Shelter component part (...) has the most complete and continuous Middle Stone Age sequences in southern Africa, from pre-Still Bay to post-Howiesons Poort periods (from before 130,000 BP to about 50,000 BP)." - "Sibhudu was occupied during the Middle Stone Age from about 120,000 to 38,000 years ago and presents a complex but clear stratigraphy of more than fifty exceptionally well-preserved Middle Stone Age layers"." (AB Ev)
  • Provins
    Provins
    France
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.90
    187
    13
    Palaeolithic remains
  • Peking Man Site
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.22
    80
    7
    The Upper Cave at Zhoukoudian ("Peking Man") contains Paleolithic remains
  • Inscribed: 2024
    1.47
    19
    2
    "The Melka Kunture cluster of Palaeolithic archaeological and palaeontological sites testifies to hominin occupation of the area from around two million years ago (...)." (AB Ev)
  • Al-Faw
    Al-Faw
    Saudi Arabia
    Inscribed: 2024
    1.29
    4
    3
    "(...) nearly 12,000 archaeological features testifying to the successive human occupation of the region since the Palaeolithic period" - "The earliest human traces are the stone tools with heavy patina found on the plateau, dating back to the Palaeolithic and early Neolithic periods." (AB Ev)
  • Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave
    Inscribed: 2025
    3.48
    2
    0
    "A. V. Ryumin correctly determined the time of creating the drawings as the Paleolithic." (official description)
  • The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley
    "The prehistoric caves and rock shelters (...) already provide outstanding material evidence of Mousterian and Baradostian cultures ranging from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic (...)." (AB Ev)
  • Wadi Rum
    Wadi Rum
    Jordan
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.97
    227
    8
    The numerous archaeological sites from the Palaeolithic era, of which the most important is al-Kaaka in Wadi Umm Sahm (AB ev)
  • Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.56
    41
    7
    Tiangko Panjang Cave - Records of life have been discovered in Tiangko Panjang cave within KSNP area., dating up to 10,000 years ago (AB ev)
  • Tadrart Acacus
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.69
    6
    1
    The site also includes the Murzuch desert, which bears traces of the different phases of the Palaeolithic.
  • Sangiran Early Man Site
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.86
    64
    9
    palaeolithic stone and bone tools such as flakes, choppers and cleavers
  • Qadisha Valley
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.31
    65
    4
    "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)
  • Orkhon Valley
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.52
    51
    6
  • Niah Caves
    Niah Caves
    Malaysia
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.71
    24
    5
    "The archaeological evidence indicates that there were two distinct societies using the West Mouth of the Niah Great Cave during different periods of time. The first society, termed the "Mesolithic", occupied the site from circa 11,500 to 8,000 BP." (AB Ev)
  • Mount Taishan
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.61
    71
    7
    "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)
  • Mount Carmel Caves
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.23
    71
    5
    Palaeolithic
  • Golden Mountains of Altai
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.38
    22
    3
    "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)
  • Gobustan Rock Art
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.71
    109
    7
    Images span from the Paleolithic to the modern period. (AB ev)
  • Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.44
    115
    8
    Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 30,000 to 32,000 BP)
  • Coa Valley and Siega Verde
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.96
    101
    9
  • Chongoni Rock Art
    Inscribed: 2006
    1.49
    13
    3
  • Inscribed: 2018
    2.53
    2
    1
    The rock art is associated with the earliest periods of human settlement in South America, perhaps around 20,000 BCE (AB ev)
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    6
    1
    In terms of archaeological monuments on the nominated property, there are monuments deriving from the late Palaeolithic times (the northern enclave of the known Ustinov culture)
    See www.eoearth.org
  • Altamira Cave
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.32
    146
    9
  • Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
    Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
    Hungary, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.14
    134
    11
    Jasov Cave