Chapter 1 Flashcards
Apollo 11 Stones
- Africa
- 25,000 BCE
- Oldest evidence of human creation
- Painted on rock with charcoal
- May have represented humans and nature
Great Hall of Bulls
- Lascaux, Southern France
- 16,000 BCE
- Animals include: bulls, horses, and stags
- Made with charcoal
- Connects early humans with animal spirits
Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine
- Mexico
- 14,000-7,000 BCE
- From the family of llamas and alpacas
- Made of sacrum bone (carving)
- Considered sacred because of its proximity to the reproductive organs
- Symbol of fertility and hunting
Beaker with Ibex Motifs
- Iran
- 4,200-3,500 BCE
- Susa period
- Holds almost a gallon
- Made of terra cotta
- Funerary purposes (burials)
- Emphasizes importance of animals (highly stylized)
Anthropomorphic Stele
- Arabia
- 4,000-3,000 BCE
- Found in a trio
- Steele = upright
- Carved on stone
- Used as a grave marker
- Suggests warrior (dagger in belt)
Jade Cong
- China
- 3,300-2,200 BCE
- Made from Jade (very precious stone)
- Unity of heaven and earth with outer square and circle pieces
- Used in rituals and burials
- Symbol of purity, moral integrity, and immortality
Running Horned Woman
- Algeria
- 6,000-4,000 BCE
- Pigment on rock
- Base of rock is hollow
- To represent hunting and gathering (could be a goddess)
Stonehenge
- London area
- 2500-1600 BCE
- Probably built as a religious site and an expression of power/wealth of the chieftains, aristocrats, and priests who built it
- Solar calendar
- Made of sarsen stone
Ambum Stone
- Papua New Guinea
- 1500 BCE
- May represent a now extinct marsupial
- One of the oldest sculptures made in Oceania
- Made of greywacke stone
Tlatilco Female Figurine
- Mexico
- 1200-900 BCE
- Was made to accompany the dead in burials
- Made of clay
Terra Cotta Fragment
- Solomon Islands
- 1000 BCE
- Used for cooking, serving, and storing
- Made of terra cotta
