Neolithic (6,000-1,600 BCE) Flashcards
Running Horned Woman
Person in motion
Painting was left intact after mass migration from Algeria
Possibly a god
No facial features
Bullhorns represent power
Twisted perspective
Bushel with ibex motifs
Meant to be buried with someone
Permanent (people had settled)
Shows wealth of owner (they had extra money to spend on things that were just getting buried)
Registers
Geometric form (rhythmic)
Animal figures
Anthropomorphic Stele
Tribal leader
Belt holds double-edged sword (iconography of tribal leader)
Most were destroyed by missionaries
Gravestone
Jade cong
Shows wealth of owner
Apotropaic
Funerary
Divided into registers (represent Heaven over Earth)
Jade is valuable because it’s hard to shape
Stonehenge
Human remains (elites?)
Accurate astrological calendar (summer solstice)
Short agricultural season, so able to find out best time to plant crops
Henge (encloses bank and ditch)
Menhirs (giant stones)
Concentric circles
Altar in circle
Post and lintel construction
Blue stone (healing properties)
Ditch –> wooden posts –> stones
Stones far away from structure
Running horned woman IDs
Neolithic Algeria
6,000-4,000 BCE
Pigment on rock
Bushel with ibex motifs IDs
Neolithic Susa
4,200-3,500 BCE
Painted terra-cotta
Anthropomorphic stele IDs
Arabian Peninsula
Fourth millennium BCE
Neolithic
Sandstone
Jade cong IDs
Ancient China
3,300-2,200 BCE
Neolithic
Carved jade
Stonehenge IDs
Neolithic Europe
2,500-1,600 BCE
Sandstone