Prehistory

Question 1

Black charcoal on quartzite, profile view of a cat. Found in Namibia in 23,000 bce. Named after moon mission

Answer 1

Apollo 11 stone

Question 2

15000 BCE Lascaux cave, dordogne France. 650 paintings in black and orange paint with twisted humans and profile animals, mainly bulls. Discovered in cave by two young boys.

Answer 2

Hall of Bulls

Question 3

14000-7000 BCE Tecquixquiac Mexico. Sculpture made from bone of camelid sacrum carved into shape of canine. Sacrum represents soul.

Answer 3

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

Question 4

6000-4000 BCE Tassili n’Aijer Algeria. Painting on rock of a woman and twisted form running with horns on her head. Was found in a grassland area.

Answer 4

Running horned woman

Question 5

4200- 3500 BCE Susa, Iran. Painted terracotta vase with stork band and elongated dogs and an ibex. Found in a burial site could have been early form of wheel pottery.

Answer 5

Bushel with ibex motifs

Question 6

1500 BCE Papua, New Guinea. Stone composite of anteater and human body possibly was a tool from the Stone age and was found in the ambum valley

Answer 6

The Ambum Stone

Question 7

1,000 BCE Lapita Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. Face stamped into terracotta surrounded by circles, dots and hatchwork. One of oldest works by Pacific people Lapita were known for pottery and stamp designs

Answer 7

Terracotta fragment

Question 8

1200 - 900 BCE Tlatilco, Mexico. Ceramic woman with pigment. She has a narrow waist, wide hips and legs, and two faces. Her arms and legs are like nubs. The area it was found was known for pottery and a type of conjoined twin called diprosopus. This was considered a blessing and meant duality of life

Answer 8

Tlatilco Figure

Question 9

3300-2200 BCE Liangzhu, China. Made of Jade stone. Had a square outer shape but a circular inner shape with the hole. Abstract design on outside with faces on corners that represent deities. Was for a funerary function. Jade means durability and beauty in Chinese culture

Answer 9

Jade Cong

Question 10

Fourth millennium BCE Arabian peninsula. Sandstone carving that has quality of a human figure with accessories. Figure is wearing a belt with weaponry and maybe a robe. Was for a religious or burial purpose. Found on a trade route one of the oldest works.

Answer 10

Anthropomorphic stele

Question 11

2500 - 1600 BCE Wiltshire England. Sandstone blocks constricted in a circular shape with megaliths trilothons and post. A mortise system was used. 20 ft tall stones in the center. Nearest sandstone came from 150 mi away. Purpose unknown, possibly celestial

Answer 11

Stonehenge