Mid Term Flashcards
(48 cards)
Original source material
Artifacts, items and articles that from the period being studied.
Prehistory/ prehistoric
Before written language
Ex: hieroglyphic, fossils, clothing, jewelry, cave paintings, pottery, tools, instruments, weapons, household items.
Prehistory period
Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age
Where and when does recorded history begin?
Egypt in 3,500 B.C.
How did civilizations evolve?
Cultivation of crops
Examples of prehistoric dance artifacts:
Rock art, masks, vases, tools, paintings, body ornaments, and geometric patterns
When do the earliest dance scenes appear?
8th to 3rd millennium, 8,000-3,000 B.C.
Three styles
Naturalistic, Linear, Geometric
On what occasion did primitive peoples dance?
Fertility, life span, war, celestial, medical, religious, animal dances, trance dances, and environment.
Shaman
Religious leader, lead dances, physician, and teacher.
Explain relationship between the inner and outer aspect of a primitive dancer?
Outer: general way of moving, basic subsistence.
Inner: spiritual aspects motivation for the dance.
Ritual
Actions, repeated, over and over, through tradition
Ceremony
Celebrates an important event, utilities rituals in a specific way.
Trace
Physical activities to the point of exhaustion.
Marriage dances
One on one, group marriages, marriage by capture.
What is a totem?
Human spirit takes the part of an animal, plant or another natural element
What is animism?
Every animal, human, and object has a spirit, these are connected to each other, and unity the world.
What was the function of masks?
Magical powers, enables humans to enter the spirit world.
What kinds of music or sound accompanied prehistoric dance?
Sticks, rattles, wood block, xylophones made of bone, clapping fingers, slapping, stamping, singing, chanting, whistles, flutes, horns, string instruments.
What did primitive people wear while dancing?
Masks, tattoos, body decoration.
What is the difference between open dances and expanding dances?
Closed: females, connected to the earth
Expanded: men, large movements
The culture of Crete is the link between what two other ancient cultures?
Egypt and Greece
Summarize the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
Theseus was a prince from Athens who was to be sacrificed to the Minotaur, but fell in love with King Minos’s daughter, she gave him an ax and string, so he could kill the Minotaur and find his way out of the labyrinth.
Types of dances performed in Crete?
Life span, bull dance, serpent dance, skirt dance, circle dance, acrobatic dance.
