20,600 BP to 18,000 BP
20,000 BP, France Spotted horses at Perch Merle cave, Dordogne were painted about this time. They were discovered for us in December of 1994.
19,000 BP to 14,000 BP: Ireland: A warming period in Ireland and beyond. The ice sheet over much of the island was melting.
22,000 BP: West Asia, including the Middle East: Aurignacian culture.
~ to 17,000 BP: Solutrean culture may have reached Ireland as it did France, Spain, and england.
20,000 BP to 12,000 BP: The Magdalenian culture left evidence from Portugal to Poland and beyond during this period.
~ Russia: In the region of Zaraysk southeast of Moscow a bison figurine was carved in mammoth ivory.
~ Sea level was about 100 meters lower than it was in Ca 1990 AD.
~ France: Perch Merle cave painters created two spotted horses during The Magdalenian to upper Soluttrean.
~ Sea level was about 300 feet lower than it was in 2,000 AD.
~ to 13,000 BP, France: Ibex-headed spear thrower from Le Mas d'Azil, Ariege is made. It is now at the Musee de la Prehistoire in Mas d'Azil.
~ to 14,000 BP, Ukraine: Mammoth-bone village in Mezhirich and Ukraine is inhabited.
~ to 17,000 BP: Last Glacial Maximum. Mean sea levels to be lower than 110 to 120 meters lower than at 2,000 BC.
~ to 19,000 or 17,000 BP: Solutrean culture may have reached Ireland as it did France, Spain, and england. Their artifacts dated to around 19,000 before disappearing around 17,000 BP.
18,000 BP to 14,000 BP: Evidence strongly suggests that the Magdalenian culture was present during this period in the area including from Poland to Portugal and is likely to have reached Ireland,
17,000 BP to 12,000 BP: Earth: Ending of the last Ice Age. Earth began warming.