▁period . ▁ ▁Europe ▁▁ ▁Art ▁of ▁the ▁European ▁Upper ▁Pale ol ith ic ▁ ▁includes ▁rock ▁and ▁cave ▁painting , ▁j ew el ry , ▁drawing , ▁car ving , ▁eng ra ving ▁and ▁sculpt ure ▁in ▁cl ay , ▁b one , ▁ant ler , ▁stone ▁and ▁iv ory , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Ven us ▁figur ines , ▁and ▁musical ▁instruments ▁such ▁as ▁fl utes . ▁Dec oration ▁was ▁also ▁made ▁on ▁functional ▁tools , ▁such ▁as ▁spe ar ▁throw ers , ▁per for ated ▁bat ons ▁and ▁l amps . ▁Eng rav ings ▁on ▁flat ▁pieces ▁of ▁stones ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁considerable ▁numbers ▁( up ▁to ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁at ▁one ▁Spanish ▁site ) ▁at ▁sites ▁with ▁the ▁appropriate ▁ge ology , ▁with ▁the ▁marks ▁sometimes ▁so ▁shall ow ▁and ▁faint ▁that ▁the ▁technique ▁involved ▁is ▁closer ▁to ▁drawing ▁– ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁not ▁sp otted ▁by ▁the ▁earliest ▁exc av ators , ▁and ▁found ▁by ▁later ▁teams ▁in ▁spo il ▁he aps . ▁P aint ed ▁pla ques ▁are ▁less ▁common . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁rit uals , ▁or ▁altern atively ▁he ated ▁on ▁a ▁fire ▁and ▁wrapped ▁as ▁personal ▁war mers . ▁Either ▁type ▁of ▁use ▁may ▁account ▁for ▁the ▁many ▁broken ▁examples , ▁often ▁with ▁the ▁fragments ▁dispers ed ▁over ▁some ▁distance ▁( up ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁metres ▁apart ▁at ▁G ön ners dorf ). ▁ ▁Many ▁sites ▁have ▁large ▁quantities ▁of ▁flat ▁stones ▁apparently ▁used ▁as