Prehistory

Question 0

Paleolithic

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250,000 B.C.E. - 8000 B.C.E.

Old

Question 1

Prehistory

Answer 1

Time before written records

Question 2

Mesolithic

Answer 2

8000 B.C.E. - 6000 B.C.E.

Middle

Question 3

Neolithic

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6000 B.C.E. – 3000 B.C.E. Domestication of plants and animals
Permanent villages
Agricultural Revolution

Question 4

Venus of Willendorf

Answer 4

First and oldest 3-D sculpture by man
25,000 B.C.E.
Man understands concept of fertility
Indicates how intricate man's thinking was at that time. Abstract concepts into 3-D sculpture
Freeform sculpture
Willendorf, Austria

Question 5

Woman from Laussel, France

Answer 5

Relief sculpture

Question 6

Venus of Brassempouy

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Carved from Ivory
About 22,000 years old
About 1 1/2” tall
One of the first depicting inaccurate yet abstracted face

Question 7

Caves of Altamira Spain

Answer 7

Discovered in 1878
Some of the first discovered
Originally considered fakes but mineral deposits would’ve taken 1000s of years to accumulate
Mostly bison from profile

Question 8

Caves of Lascaux France

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Most extensively decorated caves
Hall of Bulls
Twisted perspective
Well scene-rare bc early early image of man

Question 9

The Chauvet cave

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Discovered in 1994
Named after exploration later Jean Marie Chauvet
Using C – 14 dating 15,000 years older than altimira
Animals are depicted naturalistically

Question 10

The oldest cave

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Chauvet (France)

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First cave found

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Altimira (Spain)

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The most extensive cave

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Lascaux (France)

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In situ

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Artwork is in its original place

Question 14

Le tuc d’Audoubert

Answer 14

To bison reliefs made of clay
France
15,000–10,000 B.C.E.

Question 15

Stonehenge

Answer 15

Neolithic
2550–1660 B.C.E.
Bill and Salisbury plain, England
Created in three phases over 1000 years
Keyed up with astronomical events such as the summer solstice when the sunrises directly over the Heelstone a seen from the altar stone
Menhirs 
Megaliths

Question 16

Skara Brae

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Neolithic settlement in Scotland
3180-2500 BCE
The houses are all connected by small tunnels
Only new stone, no wood, so it’s very well preserved
British farmers

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Burial practices

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Excarnation-someone dies in her placed in a field community to decay and rot then bones are taken to a tomb
Underground
Platform-body up off ground