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{{Short description|Millennium between 15,000 BC and 14,001 BC}}
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The '''15th millennium BC''' spanned the years 15,000 BC to 14,001 BC. This millennium is during the Upper Paleolithic period. It is impossible to precisely date events that happened during this millennium, and all dates associated with this millennium are estimates mostly based on geological analysis, anthropological analysis, and radiometric dating.

== Inventions, discoveries, and innovations ==
* [[United States]]: Probable presence of humans at the [[Cactus Hill]] site in [[Virginia]], where stone artefacts and possibly hearths dating to before the [[Clovis culture]] have been found.<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032525/http://www.athenapub.com/cacthill.htm Athena Review 2,3: Recent Finds in Archaeology: Pre-Clovis occupation on Virginia's Nottoway River]</ref>
* [[Middle East]]: Probable [[domestication]] of the [[dog]].
* [[Italy]]: Development of [[Gravettian]] civilisations in Italy and [[Eastern Europe]].
* [[Europe]]: Peak of [[rock art]].
* [[France]], [[Spain]]: Development of [[magdalenian]] civilisations (development of craftsmanship based on bone materials and the quality of [[furniture]] and wall art).

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