Global Pre-History. 1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia. c. 25,500– 25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.

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UNIT 1:Global Pre-History

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1. Apollo 11 stones. Namibia. c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone.

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2. Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000–13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting.

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TWISTED PERSPECTIVE – combination of frontaland side view.

Frontal

Side view(profile)

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Pebble resembling a human face, from Makapansgat, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 BCE. Reddish brown jasperite, approx. 2 3/8” wide.

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Venus of Willendorf

Subtractive Sculpture

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3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico 14,000-7000 BCE Bone

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4. Running horned woman. Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria. 6000–4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock.

Earliest example of rock artDotted marks indicate body paintFeatureless faceWhite parallel patterns represent flowing raffia decorHorns shown in twisted perspective or composite are part of ceremonial attire

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5. Beaker with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200-3500 BCE. Painted terra cotta

Beaker with Ibex Motifs

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7. Jade cong Liangzhu, China 3300-2200 BCE Carved jade

Jade Cong

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6. Anthropormorphic stele.Arabian Peninsula. Fourth millennium BCE Sandstone.

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10. TlatilcoFemale figure, 1200–900 B.C.Ceramic with traces of pigment

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9. The Ambum Stone. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke.

• Prehistoric zoomorphic figure, possibly representing the embryo of a long-beaked echidna (spiny anteater)

• 3500 years ago

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11. Terra cotta fragment. Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised).

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Level VI Catal Hoyuk, Turkey

COMPOSITE RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF A SHRINE ROOM

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8. Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500–1600 B.C.E. Sandstone.

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Megaliths

Cromlech or henge

Post and LintelLintel

Post

Trilithon

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Stonehenge

Significant astronomical alignments at Stonehenge