Global Prehistoric Time Period

Question 1

What are the two time periods in Prehistoric art

Answer 1

Paleolithic - during ice age
NeoLithic - after ice age

Question 2

What is naturalist art?

Answer 2

Art with proportional / normal looking works

Question 3

What is stylistic art style?

Answer 3

Stylistic art style has over exaggerated features

Question 4

Where did art begin?

Answer 4

Africa

Question 5

Where are is Apollo stones located?

Answer 5

Africa (in a cave)

Question 6

What time period is the Apollo Stones from?

Answer 6

Paleolithic

Question 7

What is the Apollo Stones function?

Answer 7

Unknown

Question 8

What is the importance of the Apollo 11 Stones?

Answer 8

Oldest art in history

Question 9

What material is the Apollo 11 stones from?

Answer 9

Charcoal on stone

Question 10

What was strange about the animal on the Apollo 11 stones?

Answer 10

The animal body, with human like / freakish legs

Question 11

What is twisted perspective?

Answer 11

Representation in which a part of the figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally = composite view

Question 12

What is the location of the Running Horned Women?

Answer 12

Africa in a cave

Question 13

What is the time period of the Running horned women?

Answer 13

Paleolithic

Question 14

What is the medium of the Running horned women?

Answer 14

Painting on a cave wall

Question 15

What is the technique used in Running horned women?

Answer 15

Twisted perspective

Question 16

What is the function of the Running horned women?

Answer 16

Leftovers of a ritual

Question 17

What is the location of the Beaker with Ibex Motif?

Answer 17

Iran - buried in a cemetery

Question 18

What is the material used for Beaker with Ibex Motif?

Answer 18

Painted Terra Cotta

Question 19

What is the function of the Beaker with Ibex Motif?

Answer 19

Ceremonial

Question 20

What time period is the Anthropomorphic Stele from?

Answer 20

Neolithic

Question 21

What is the location of the Anthropomorphic Stele?

Answer 21

Arabian peninsula, in a tomb

Question 22

What material is the Anthropomorphic Stele made of?

Answer 22

Sand stone

Question 23

What is the function of the Anthropomorphic Stele?

Answer 23

Grave / ritual marker

Question 24

What is Anthropomorphic ?

Answer 24

Having human form or human like attributes?

Question 25

Where is the Jade Chong located?

Answer 25

China

Question 26

What is the is the subject of Jade Chong?

Answer 26

Dual face

Question 27

What is the function of Jade Chong?

Answer 27

1. To signify high rank in burial chambers 2. Bridge to spiritual world and physical world

Question 28

What does sculpture in the round mean?

Answer 28

A 3d sculpture

Question 29

What does high or low relief sculpture mean?

Answer 29

Sculpture in which the figures of forms are united with a background

Question 30

What time period does Venus of Willendorf come from?

Answer 30

Paleolithic

Question 31

What material was used for Venus of Willendorf?

Answer 31

Limestone

Question 32

What technique was used for Venus of Willendorf?

Answer 32

Sculpture in the round

Question 33

Where was the Great Hall of Bulls located?

Answer 33

Lacaux, France

Question 34

What time period is Great Hall of Bulls from?

Answer 34

Paleolithic

Question 35

What technique was used for Great Hall of Bulls?

Answer 35

Twisted perspective

Question 36

What are the 4 meanings of cave paintings?

Answer 36

1. Decoration 2. To ensure in a good hunt 3. To teach people what to hunt, and protect 4. Tell a story

Question 37

What religion believes in the idea that forces of nature can be contacted by intermediaries?

Answer 37

Shamanism

Question 38

What is Shaminism?

Answer 38

A religion based on the idea that forces of nature can be contacted through intermediaries

Question 39

Why did the Neolithic era start?

Answer 39

Because the ice age ended

Question 40

What does post and lintel mean?

Answer 40

Two uprights supporting a horizontal beam

Question 41

What time period is the Stone Hedge from?

Answer 41

Neolithic

Question 42

Where is the Stone Hedge located

Answer 42

England

Question 43

What material is used for Stone Hedge?

Answer 43

Blue Stone

Question 44

What technique is used for Stone hedge?

Answer 44

Post and lintel

Question 45

What is the function of the Stone Hedge?

Answer 45

Solar Calender

Question 46

Where is Tlaticlo Female Figure located?

Answer 46

Mexico , in a grave

Question 47

What material was used for Tlaticlo Female Figure?

Answer 47

Painted Ceramic

Question 48

What style was used for Tlaticlo Female Figure?

Answer 48

Stylistic

Question 49

Does Tlaticlo Female Figure have duality?

Answer 49

Yes, spiritual and physical

Question 50

Where is the Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a Canine located?

Answer 50

Mexico

Question 51

What material was used for Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a Canine?

Answer 51

Camelid Pelvic bone

Question 52

What is the function is Camelid Sacrum in the shape of a Canine?

Answer 52

Religious ritual

Question 53

What is the location of the ambum stone ?

Answer 53

Papua New Guinea

Question 54

What is the material used for The Ambum Stones.

Answer 54

Grey Wacke

Question 55

What is the function of The Ambum Stones

Answer 55

Religious rituals Masher / grinder

Question 56

What is the location of the Terra Cotta Fragment?

Answer 56

Solomon Islands

Question 57

What is the function of Terra Cotta Fragment?

Answer 57

Attraction

Question 58

What is the technique used for Terra Cotta Fragment?

Answer 58

Incivise