Paleolithic

Question 1

Paleolithic Culture

Answer 1

(30,000-10,000 BCE) -hunter/gatherer economy -art documenting necessities for survival -first paintings and sculpture

Question 2

Menhir

Answer 2

-Large upright stones, sometimes incised, placed in patterns: Carnac/France

Question 3

Dolmen

Answer 3

-Remains of a passage grave, post and lintel construction, covered with earth; Carnac

Question 4

Cromletch

Answer 4

-megaliths in circular pattern

~stonehenge

Question 5

Post and Lintel

Answer 5

-two uprights with a cross beam

~Stonehenge

Question 6

Water-worn Pebble

Answer 6

(3,000,000 BCE/Paleolithic) Makapansgat, South Africa

-not maufactured or altered, but first evidence of human recognition of abstract representation of face.

Question 7

Chauvet Cave

Answer 7

(30,000-28,000 BCE/Paleolithic)France

• possibly the world’s oldest known cave paintings
• depicting animals like rhinos mostly

Question 8

L’Cosquer Cave

Answer 8

(17,000-15,000 BCE/Paleolithic) Cassis France

• underwater tunnel leading to cave with paintings inside
• mostly hand stencils and animal paintings

Question 9

Lascaux Cave

Answer 9

(15,000-13,000 BCE/Paleolithic) France

• among the best known Paleolithic caves
• mostly depicting animals

Question 10

Venus of Willendorf

Answer 10

(28,000-25,000 BCE/Paleolithic) Willendorf, Austria

• sculputre with exaggerated female anatomy
• such representations were common: as child bearing caabilities ensured survival of the species
• limestone