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Global Prehistoric

Cassidy Mahony Art History AP Inglés 23 fichas

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1Apollo 11 Stones-Likely from the Middle Stone Edge in South Africa
-Possibly part animal, part human
-Suggests shamanistic beliefs
-Drawn with charcoal on stone
-Mobile art- was probably carried around for ritual purposes
2Great Hall of Bulls-Found in the Lascaux Caves
-Depictions of animals suggest that these were sacred animals or that the images were used as hunting rituals
3Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine-Made from the pelvic bone of a camelid.
-The sacrum was considered a sacred bone
-Prehistoric people treated dogs as sacred
4Running horned woman-From Algeria
-Probably depicts some sort of priestess or goddess
-Symbolic- not representative of how people actually looked
5Bushel with ibex motifs-Painted terracotta
-Given to the deceased during a burial
-From Iran
6Anthropomorphic Stele-Probably used as a grave marker
-From Saudi Arabia
-Was meant to protect the dead from sin
-Implied human form
7Jade cong-ancient Chinese Jade artifact
-buried with those of high social class
-engravings symbolic of spirits
8Stone Henge-Located in England
-A circular arrangement of sarsen and bluestone.
-Stones were fitted using a tongue and groove joint and other using a mortise and tenon joint
-Speculated to be used as a solar calendar
9Ambum Stone-Depiction of an anteater- which had sacred fatty tissue
-Used for worship
-Possibly used as a pestil
10Tlatilco female figurines-Faces may depict birth defects
-exaggerated hips depict fertility
-Found in central Mexico
11Terracotta fragment-Early Oceanic art
-Shard from a pottery piece
-Used for storage rather than cooking
12Anthropomorphichaving characteristics of the human form, although the form is not in itself human
13ArchaeologyThe scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation
14Conga tubular object with a circular hole cut into a square-like cross section
15Hengea Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events.
16Lintela horizontal beam over an opening
17Megalitha stone of great size used in the construction of the prehistoric structure
18Menhira large uncut stone erected as a monument in the prehistoric era; a standing stone
19Mortise-and-tenona groove cut into stone or wood, called a mortise that is shaped to receive a tenon, or projection, of the same dimensions
20Post-and-lintela method of construction in which two posts support a horizontal beam, called a lintel
21Shamanisma religion in which good and evil are brought about by spirits which can be influenced by shamans, who have access to these spirits
22Stelean upright stone slab used to mark a grave or a site
23Stylizeda schematic, nonrealistic manner of representing the visible world and its contents, abstracted from the way that they appear in nature