Neolithic Art

Question 1

why was this period significant

Answer 1

revolutionized human life with the beginning of agriculture and the formation of the first settled communities

brought the birth of large-scale sculpture,

coherent narratives became common

Question 2

Answer 2

Jericho

the site of a small village as early as the ninth millennium

a great stone tower built into the settlement wall

protect selves from people coming in

dead were buried beneath the floors

Question 3

Answer 3

Ain Ghazal

white plaster built up over a core of reeds and twine, with black bitumen, a tarlike substance, for the pupils of the eyes

mark the beginning of the long history of large-scale sculpture in Mesopotamia

Question 4

Answer 4

Çatal Höyük

regular appearance of the human figure

hunting continued to play an important part in the early Neolithic economy of Çatal Höyük

Question 5

Answer 5

Landscape with volcanic eruption

first depiction of a landscape

level VII, Çatal Höyük, Turkey

oldest painting in Catal H.

Question 6

Answer 6

Deer hunt, detail of a wall painting

level III, Çatal Höyük, Turkey

depicted human figures as a composite of frontal and profile views, the most descriptive picture of the shape of the human body

depicts people and working together

Question 7

Monoliths

Answer 7

great rocks

Europe

Question 8

Answer 8

Newgrange

oldest monolith

tomb in Ireland

monoliths held in place by own weight

at the winter solstice, the sun illuminates the passageway and the burial chamber

Question 9

Answer 9

Hagar Qim

megalithic temple

altars and statues of headless and nude women

Question 10

Answer 10

Stonehenge

most famous megalithic monument in Europe

a henge is an arrangement of megalithic stones in a circle, often surrounded by a ditch

Inside is a ring of bluestones, and this ring, in turn, encircles a horseshoe

heel stone (where the summer solstice sun shines through)