Prehistory - CH 1

Question 1

Stone ages order:

Answer 1

Paleolithic, Meso, Neo

Question 2

Paleolithic

Answer 2

(old stone) Tribal hunters & gatherers, Crude stone & bone tools and weapons, Cave paintings & sculpture, Naturalism

Question 3

Meso

Answer 3

(middle stone/transitional stone) Domestication of plants & animals, Stone circles & shrines

Question 4

Neo

Answer 4

(new stone) farming & food production, Polished stone & bone tools & weapons, Architecture, Poetry & weaving

Question 5

Hall of Bulls in Lascaux, France

Answer 5

Hall of Bulls, Long extinct animals as hairy mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, Polychrome mineral pigments , Why? Religion, Didactic purpose

Question 6

Venus of Willendorf

Answer 6

Paleolithic, First representation of a human form, 4.5 inches, Symbolizes: fertility & ability to give birth successfully (wider hips, large breast)

Question 7

Stonehenge

Answer 7

neolithic, Megalithic (large stone) structure 13 ft 6 in, Post-and-lintel, Sanctuary group of stone circles, Altar stone (middle) heel stone (shadowed over altar)

Question 8

Post-and-lintel

Answer 8

a simple method of construction involving the use of vertical and horizontal elements.

Question 9

Göbekli Tepe

Answer 9

Located in Turkey
Oldest known monumental stone structure and likely the first known temple
Dates from ca 9600-8200 bce
Discovered in 1994
Consists of at least 20 separate temples
Most of the site has not been unearthed yet
Built 7000 years before stonehenge
AKA the garden of Eden