HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historical Periods.

Browse eras and periods connected to films and series on the Movieline historical timeline.

Use films and series to compare how an era’s architecture, fashion, interiors and visual culture are represented on screen.

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archaeological age3

Upper Paleolithic

50000 p.n.e. → 10000 p.n.e.

Later phase of the Paleolithic period, especially as defined in European archaeology, marked by changing material cultures and modern human societies.

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Last Ice Age

115000 p.n.e. → 11700 p.n.e.

The last glacial period of the Pleistocene, marked by extensive ice sheets and climatic changes; exact boundaries depend on dating convention.