Global Prehistory 30,000 - 500 BCE Flashcards
1
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Apollo 11 Stones
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- charcoal drawing of animals and designs
- some of the world’s first known art
- Namibia, Africa
2
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Great Hall of the Bulls
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- charcoal cave drawings
- natural materials
- animals in motion, also being sacrificed and worshiped
- Lascaux, France
3
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Camelid Sacrum
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- carved bone
- contains the spirit of a hunted animal
- hip bone portraying a canine
- Mexico
4
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Running Horned Woman
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- canyon, layered painting
- horns make the woman divine/holy
- dots on body
- Sahara
5
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Bushel with Ibex Motifs
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- painted terra cotta
- set in repetitive registers
- funerary
- first use of pottery wheel
-Susa, Iran
6
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Anthropomorphic Stele
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- sandstone, 3ft tall
- belt and knife
- trade or burial
-found along the Saudi Arabia trade routes
7
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Jade Cong
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- carved jade, low reliefs
- burial for the high class
- decorations refer to Gods
- Jade links to good personality traits
8
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Stonehenge
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- sandstone, post and lintel
-stones in centralized plan - used for religious ceremonies and marks the mid-summer solstice
- Wiltshire, UK
9
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Ambum Stone
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- greywacke stone
- anteater with some human qualities
- used for its spiritual powers in rituals
- Papua New Guinea
10
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Tlatico female figure
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- ceramic
- small waist, big hips, two heads, no hands for feet
- shows fertility, life, and death
- Central Mexico
11
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Terra Cotta Fragment
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- terra cotta with dente stamping
- unknown function
- Lapita peoples, solomon and Reef Islands
