Prehistoric Art

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Prehistoric Art
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Terms

• 1. Prehistoric before development of writing
• 2. Paleolithic old stone age
• 3. Neolithic new stone age
• 4. Hominids human-like creatures
• 5. homo habilis handy man 1.9 1.5 million
  years ago direct ancestor
• 6. homo erectus man upright (standing) - 1.5
  million years ago used fire
• 7. Neanderthal 200,000 years ago 1st
  religious beliefs (?)
• 8. Homo sapiens man thinking
• 9. Cro Magnon earliest modern man
• 50,000-30,000 years ago

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Cave paintingsCro Magnon
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Lascaux Cave 15,000 BC
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Man as stick figure
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Chavet Cave lions hunting Bison
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Horse - Lascaux
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hands signature of artist?
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Choppers used for chopping and scraping1.9
million years ago
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Triangular hand ax
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scraper
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Hand ax 150,000
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Hand ax
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Neanderthal hand ax
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willow leaf blade- 16,000 bc
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Homo habilis 1.9 million years ago the first
too maker
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Homo erectus 1.5 million to 300,000 bc(could
make fire)
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Neanderthal v. Cro Magnon
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Horse carved from ivory
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Neolithic pottery 10,000 BCE
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Carved horse head
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Chavet - horses
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Cave bear skull placed atop a rock religion?
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On left, Venus of Villendorf (Austria) 25,000 BC
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Ivory lion
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Venus de Brassempouy