Vocab 1 Flashcards
Several large stones capped with a covering slab
Dolmen
Most recent Paleolithic paintings
Vallon-Pont-d’Arc
Circle of monoliths
Cromlech
Bovine skulls
Bucrania
Stone marking summer solstice
Heel Stone
Ancient city in Anatolia, Turkey
Catal Huyuk
Neolithic monument thought to have has an astronomical purpose
Stonehenge
A pair of monoliths topped with a lintel
Trilithon
Site of first fortified town
Jericho
Culture that created giant stone monuments
Megalithic
Middle Stone Age,c. 7000 B.C.E in Europe
Mesolithic
New Stone Age 8000 b.c in East, 4000 b.c in Europe
Neolithic
Stone Age, 30,000-10,000 B.C
Paleolithic
Element used in dating organic material
Carbon 14
Used by Paleolithic painters to represent a more comprehensive view of an animal
Twisted Perspective