Aurignacian expansion across Europe (c. 43,000–30,000 BP)

1. Initial Upper Paleolithic entry into Europe

   Jan 1, 45600 BCELabels: Bacho Kiro, Initial Upper

   • Springer Nature
   • Bacho Kiro

2. Geißenklösterle flutes show early musical traditions

   Jan 1, 41474 BCELabels: Gei enkl, Bone Flutes

   • Gei enkl sterle
   • UNESCO

3. Aurignacian becomes pan-European tradition

   Jan 1, 41000 BCELabels: Aurignacian, Upper Paleolithic

   • CultureGov
   • Aurignacian

4. Aurignacian sites flourish in the Swabian Jura

   Jan 1, 41000 BCELabels: Swabian Jura, Aurignacian

   • UNESCO

5. Venus of Hohle Fels carved in mammoth ivory

   Jan 1, 40999 BCELabels: Venus of, Mammoth Ivory

   • Hohle Fels Venus
   • UNESCO

6. Protoaurignacian spreads into northern Italy

   Jan 1, 40000 BCELabels: Fumane Cave, Protoaurignacian

   • Sci Rep

7. Aurignacian persists and regionalizes across Europe

   Jan 1, 38000 BCELabels: Regionalization, Protoaurignacian

   • Gallia

8. Campanian Ignimbrite eruption disrupts Europe

   Jan 1, 37474 BCELabels: Campanian Ignimbrite, Phlegraean Fields

   • CI eruption
   • EMH Europe

9. Chauvet Cave’s earliest use during Aurignacian

   Jan 1, 34499 BCELabels: Chauvet Cave, Cave Art

   • CultureGov
   • Chauvet

10. Gravettian emerges as Aurignacian wanes

    Jan 1, 31000 BCELabels: Gravettian, Cultural Transition

    • Gravettian
    • Aurignacians

11. Aurignacian expansion’s legacy: Europe’s early symbolic record

    Jan 1, 30000 BCELabels: Symbolic Record, Aurignacian Legacy

    • UNESCO
    • CultureGov

12. Aurignacian toolmaking documented at Aurignac

    Jan 1, 1860Labels: Aurignac site, Type-site

    • Aurignac Cave