Prehistory art Flashcards
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refers to all human history that precedes the intentional of writing systems (3100 BCE)
prehistory
3 parts of stone age
Paleolithic period or old stone age (30 000-10 000 BCE)
Mesolithic period or middle stone age (10 000-8 000 BCE)
Neolithic period or new stone age (8 000-
3 000 BCE)
characterized by the emergence of basic stone tools and stone art in the archaeological record
paleolithic era
this are made of clay, bone, ivory, or stone and consist of simple figurines depicting animals and humans
Paleolithic small sculpture
thus figure is the most indicative in paleolithic era
venus figurines
Highly stylized depictions of women with
exaggerated female parts representing fertility and sexuality
venus figurines
earliest known Venus figurine that dates to at least 35,000 years ago,
Venus of Hohle Fels
the most recent Venus figurine dates to roughly 11,000 years ago.
Venus of Monruz
type of rock art is typically found in European cave shelters, dating to 40,000–14,000 years ago, when the earth was largely covered in glacial ice.
cave paintings and engraving
paleolithic stone tools
hand axe
scarper
chopper
grinder
hummer
arrow heads
flakes
burins
cave paintings and portable art such as
figurines, statuettes, and beads predominated, with decorative figured
workings also seen on some utilitarian objects.
Mesolithic
umbrella term for a number of
prehistoric female statuettes portrayed with similar physical attributes
venus figurines
mesolithic stone tools
bones and ivory used
blade
core
knives
chisels
triangle
burin
dagger
points
saw the transformation of nomad human settlements into agrarian societies in need of permanent shelter.
neolithic
From this period there is evidence of early pottery, as well as sculpture, architecture, and the construction of megaliths.
neolithic
neolithic tools
polished axes
blades
arrowheads
ring stone
sickle
plough
harpoon
muller
prehistoric stone age lasted from
30,000 BCE-3,000 BCE
represents the first accomplishments in human creativity, preceding the invention of writing.
stone age
located in the northwest of Bulgaria and contains a collection of cave paintings, painted with bat excrement that date from
8000-4000 years ago.
magura cave
An excess of _______ paintings has been
discovered in the magura cave, depicting
people dancing and hunting as well as
a wide range of animals.
700
located in Patagonia in the southern part of Argentina and contains cave paintings that were created between 13,000 and 9,000 years ago.
Cueva de las Manos
what does cueva de las manos mean
cave of hands
collection of rock shelters, located in central India and contains over 600 paintings that span the prehistoric paleolithic and mesolithic periods, the oldest of which dates from at least 12,000 years.
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
depict the lives of the people who resided in the caves, as well as an array of animals that include tigers, lions, and crocodiles.
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
