Neolithic (6,000-1,600 BCE)

Question 1

Running Horned Woman

Answer 1

Person in motion
Painting was left intact after mass migration from Algeria
Possibly a god
No facial features
Bullhorns represent power
Twisted perspective

Question 2

Bushel with ibex motifs

Answer 2

Meant to be buried with someone
Permanent (people had settled)
Shows wealth of owner (they had extra money to spend on things that were just getting buried)
Registers
Geometric form (rhythmic)
Animal figures

Question 3

Anthropomorphic Stele

Answer 3

Tribal leader
Belt holds double-edged sword (iconography of tribal leader)
Most were destroyed by missionaries
Gravestone

Question 4

Jade cong

Answer 4

Shows wealth of owner
Apotropaic
Funerary
Divided into registers (represent Heaven over Earth)
Jade is valuable because it’s hard to shape

Question 5

Stonehenge

Answer 5

Human remains (elites?)
Accurate astrological calendar (summer solstice)
Short agricultural season, so able to find out best time to plant crops
Henge (encloses bank and ditch)
Menhirs (giant stones)
Concentric circles
Altar in circle
Post and lintel construction
Blue stone (healing properties)
Ditch –> wooden posts –> stones
Stones far away from structure

Question 6

Running horned woman IDs

Answer 6

Neolithic Algeria
6,000-4,000 BCE
Pigment on rock

Question 7

Bushel with ibex motifs IDs

Answer 7

Neolithic Susa
4,200-3,500 BCE
Painted terra-cotta

Question 8

Anthropomorphic stele IDs

Answer 8

Arabian Peninsula
Fourth millennium BCE
Neolithic
Sandstone

Question 9

Jade cong IDs

Answer 9

Ancient China
3,300-2,200 BCE
Neolithic
Carved jade

Question 10

Stonehenge IDs

Answer 10

Neolithic Europe
2,500-1,600 BCE
Sandstone