Prehistoric Fiction Wiki:About

Introduction
This is a wiki to catalogue works of fiction dealing with prehistoric settings, characters, and concepts, such as prehistoric technology and religion. I am still setting things up, but if you would like to start adding pages, please feel free.

This wiki has no notability requirements. Any work of fiction, no matter how obscure, including self-published works, can have a page here, so long as it has prehistoric content.

Each content article should have an emphasis on the elements of the work that make it prehistoric.

What Counts as Prehistoric?
I hope to cast a wide net in terms of what counts as prehistoric, from prehistoric settings, to prehistoric characters in modern/future settings, even works of non-fiction with a significant creative component, such as art or narrative.

Any work of fiction set in a prehistoric era, in whole or in part, counts. "Prehistoric" is a vague term, so I don't wish for there to be a hard and fast distinction between historic and prehistoric. For example, Ptolemaic Egypt is obviously not prehistoric, Pre-dynastic Egypt is prehistoric, but the early Egyptian dynasties are more of a grey area. Try to err on the side of inclusion, but stay within the bounds of reason. Generally, the less well recorded an era is, the more "prehistoric" it can be considered.

Eras and groups that could be included:
 * Anywhere on Earth prior to the development of historical settled civilizations, including apocryphal prehistoric civilizations (conventionally around approximately 4000 B.C.)
 * Early civilizations for which there is very little recorded history (e.g. the Minoans or the Harappans)
 * The early development of historically well-attested civilizations (e.g. Pre-Dynastic Egypt or the Shang Dynasty of China)
 * Societies and civilizations outside of Eurasia and Africa, especially before their contact with Eurasian/African societies (e.g. the societies of the Americas, Australia and Polynesian Islands, including civilizations like the Aztec and Incan empires).
 * Works set in fictional locations that have an overall aesthetic similar to a prehistoric society on Earth, whether in a hollow world inside the Earth, another planet, a fantasy universe, etc. Merely mentioning locations with prehistoric attributes is not enough, there should be some amount of focus and exploration of such a location to count.
 * Post-apocalyptic future settings, so long as they have a generally low level of technology and historical knowledge is missing or distorted. Horizon Zero Dawn is a work that meets the criteria, while Mad Max is one that does not. The Fallout: New Vegas expansion Honest Hearts represents a grey area.

A work does not need to be entirely prehistoric to be included. The presence of prehistoric elements, in a major or minor capacity, is all that is needed. Extremely superficial inclusions, such as a character that only coincidentally looks like a caveman, or a single cutaway gag

Works of fiction set purely in the modern era, historical periods or well after inter-societal contact should NOT be included, unless they have some other prehistoric content, such as a prehistoric character (e.g. a caveman transported to the modern era) or a significant emphasis on prehistory (e.g. a novel about the discovery and interpretation of the caves of Lascaux).

There are no restrictions on medium. Books, films, games, web series, etc., can all be added, including self-published works can be added. Documentary films and non-fiction books should be added only if they have significant creative content, such as filmed re-enactments of the subject matter, many illustrations, or advance highly original theories (e.g. The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind).

If only a small portion of a long episodic series has prehistoric elements, only those episodes should be given articles, and not the series itself (e.g. Spongebob Squarepants has a handful of episodes with significant prehistoric content, but otherwise does not qualify.) A series with significant continuity where only some entries qualify should have a series article if it has more than one qualifying entry and articles for those entries, with an emphasis on the qualifying material.

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of qualifications or requirements. If you have a work of fiction you wish to add and feel it fits the subject matter of the wiki, do so. If there is significant disagreement about the article's applicability to the wiki, it may be removed. If you are unsure, create a short article and ask in the talk page.