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Prehistoric Art Flashcards

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What is the most common themes in cave paintings

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Large wild animal (bison, horses, etc.)

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What are rare in cave paintings

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Humans

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How were humans depicted in cave paintings

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They were usually schematic in contrast with the more naturalistic animals

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What is something else that is seen in cave paintings

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Abstract patterns and tracings of the human hand

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5
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What is the Neolithic period famous for

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Its architecture in the form of monumental graves and alters made of large stone

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What were the large stones that were used in the Neolithic period called

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Megaliths

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What is a Dolmen

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It consists of a large flat horizontal stone supported on upright stones

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What is a Menhir

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A tall single stone

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What is a leystone

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Is consists of a stone with a hole in the middle through which one looks for the next pointed stone t plot a route

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What is the post and lintel method

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It is a construction method which uses a lintel (beam) as the horizontal member over a space supported at it’s ends by two cortical posts.

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What is a example of the post and libel method

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Stonehenge

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What is a cromlech

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A circular stone construction.

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How was paint applied to cave paintings

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A little twig that is flattened
Animal hair tied to a stick
Fingers dipped in warm paint and fat mixture
A hollow Bon or reed that releases sucked up paint as the finger is lifted.

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What are the two main forms of rack art

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Rock engraving and rock paintings

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What is another name for rock engravings

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Petroglyphs

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What is another name for rock paintings

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Pictographs

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What were the pigments in the paint used in cave paintings

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Clay, rocks, plants, charcoal and guano(white bird droppings)

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What were the pigments mixed with to create paint

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They were mixed with blood, animal fat and other natural liquids

19
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What did the fat do to the paint

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It preserved it

20
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What were cave paintings first

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They were symbols, single figures and animals in single colour monochrome silhouettes of black or red

21
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What did cave paintings later change to

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They became tonal in that dark brown, red brown, white mixture of these colours appeared.

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How were animals also portrayed

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Showing foreshortening like a buck looking back over his shoulder

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What were the subjects of the cave paintings

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They were scenes showing activities such as trance dances, rainmaking rituals and hunting activities.

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How and why did the subject matter of the cave paintings change

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It changed as the settlers arrived in Southern Africa. The cave paintings had more examples or wagons, men of horseback with thins, red coat English soldiers and Zulu impis

25
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Who were the San people

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They are short, small people who adapted to the natural conditions which were desert like

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How did the San people depict themselves in cave art and why

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They elongated their limbs possibly as if they were invisioninh the extra power which was needed for running long distance while hunting.

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How were the animals depicted

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In very naturalistic proportions and detail.

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How were children portrayed

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They were seldom found. This could be because an ‘image’ became a spiritual reality and could not be taken lightly

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How were petroglyphs created

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They were created by drawing with a sharpened rock point onto a rock face.

30
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Where the paintings or the engravings older

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The engravings seem to be older

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Where are petroglyphs often found

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In open plains rather than in shelter.

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What are petroglyphs usually (visually)

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They are usually symbols or the outlines of animals

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How are animals depicted in petroglyphs

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There is a lack of descriptive lines, but the animals are remarkably characteristic of their natural proportions, appearance and behaviour

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