Neolithic (6,000-1,600 BCE) Flashcards

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Running Horned Woman

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Person in motion
Painting was left intact after mass migration from Algeria
Possibly a god
No facial features
Bullhorns represent power
Twisted perspective

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Bushel with ibex motifs

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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

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Anthropomorphic Stele

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Tribal leader
Belt holds double-edged sword (iconography of tribal leader)
Most were destroyed by missionaries
Gravestone

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Jade cong

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Shows wealth of owner
Apotropaic
Funerary
Divided into registers (represent Heaven over Earth)
Jade is valuable because it’s hard to shape

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Stonehenge

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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

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Running horned woman IDs

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Neolithic Algeria
6,000-4,000 BCE
Pigment on rock

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Bushel with ibex motifs IDs

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Neolithic Susa
4,200-3,500 BCE
Painted terra-cotta

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Anthropomorphic stele IDs

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Arabian Peninsula
Fourth millennium BCE
Neolithic
Sandstone

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Jade cong IDs

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Ancient China
3,300-2,200 BCE
Neolithic
Carved jade

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Stonehenge IDs

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Neolithic Europe
2,500-1,600 BCE
Sandstone

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