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Part 1 Introduction: the archaeological environment. Part 2 The discovery of the Ice Age: portable objects; cave art; Altamira. Part 3 The oldest art in the world: art from 300,000 BC to 40,000 BC. Part 4 Worldwide phenomenon: the new world; Africa; Arabia; India; the Far East; Australia; Europe. Part 5 Making a record: tracing and copying, photography etc. Part 6 How old is the art?: stratigraphy of figures; dating by style. Part 7 Fakes and forgeries: some modern fakes and how they were exposed. Part 8 Portable art: some techniques in portable art. Part 9 Blocks, rock-shelters and caves: pseudoparietal art; parietal art. Part 10 Art in the open air: six sites in SW Europe. Part 11 What was depicted?: animal figures; rare mammals; humans; depiction of women; humanoids. Part 12 Reading the messages: art for art's sake?; or was there more to it?. Part 13 Conclusion.