Gravettian culture spread in Central and Eastern Europe (c. 33,000–22,000 BP)

1. Ice sheets approach maximum extent before the LGM peak

   Jan 1, 31500 BCELabels: Ice sheets, Last Glacial

   • USGS Clark 2009
   • Britannica LGM

2. Gravettian emerges after the Aurignacian

   Jan 1, 31000 BCELabels: Gravettian, Aurignacian

   • Britannica LGM
   • Gravettian Wikipedia

3. Eastern Gravettian spreads across open steppe-tundra

   Jan 1, 30500 BCELabels: Eastern Gravettian, Steppe-tundra

   • Gravettian Wikipedia
   • Upper Paleolithic Wikipedia

4. Venus figurines spread as portable symbolic art

   Jan 1, 28000 BCELabels: Venus figurines, Willendorf

   • UMich VRC
   • Willendorf Wikipedia

5. Willendorf and long-distance materials highlight mobility

   Jan 1, 28000 BCELabels: Venus of, Exchange networks

   • Willendorf Wikipedia
   • UMich VRC

6. Eastern European Plain sites intensify mammoth-based settlement

   Jan 1, 28000 BCELabels: Kostyonki, Mammoth hunting

   • Kostyonki Wikipedia
   • Gravettian Wikipedia

7. Pavlovian variant develops in the Moravian region

   Jan 1, 27000 BCELabels: Pavlovian, Moravia

   • Pavlovian Wikipedia
   • Quaternary Int

8. Krems-Wachtberg infant burials show formal mortuary rites

   Jan 1, 25000 BCELabels: Krems-Wachtberg, Infant burials

   • Sci Rep
   • Phys org

9. Dolní Věstonice flourishes as a Gravettian center

   Jan 1, 24000 BCELabels: Doln V, Pavlovian

   • Doln V stonice
   • Pavlovian Wikipedia

10. Gravettian declines near the Last Glacial Maximum

    Jan 1, 20000 BCELabels: Gravettian decline, Last Glacial

    • Gravettian Wikipedia
    • Britannica LGM

11. Kostenki–Avdeevo cultural links connect east and center

    Jan 1, 19000 BCELabels: Kostenki Avdeevo, Avdeevo

    • Avdeevo site
    • Venus Archive

12. Epigravettian emerges as a post-Gravettian continuation

    Jan 1, 19000 BCELabels: Epigravettian, Post Gravettian

    • Epigravettian Wikipedia
    • USGS Clark 2009