Prehistoric and Antiquity Flashcards
Lecture 1 (1/31)
BCE
Before the Common Era
CE
Common Era
BC
Before Christ
AD
Anno Domini (“In the year of our Lord” in Latin)
Found spaces / nature made
caves
Oldest painting dates back to
35,000 years ago
Famous Cave system discovered
Southwestern France - Lascaux
When were the Lascaux Caves discovered?
1940
When did the Lascaux Caves date back to?
15,000 BCE
Who were Funerary Steles done for?
People of wealth or importance
How do we know what old interiors look like when wood and textiles didn’t survive?
Stone art tablets with carvings
What age does The Ancient Kingdom of Phrygia belong to?
The Bronze Age
Who was the first foreigner to dedicate an offering, a throne at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
Midas
One of the earliest urban developments in the world
Catalhoyuk, Turkey
Catalhoyuk, Turkey - Neolithic Site
7,400 BC
Why is Catalhoyuk, Turkey on a sloped site?
Houses started on flat site
Interiors were white washed and over time blacked by hearth
Repeatedly re-white washed causing the interiors to shrink
Would half demolish homes and rebuild larger homes above when too small
Causing the hill to form