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    The document provides an introduction to prehistoric art from 30,000 BC to 5,000 BC. It discusses that prehistoric art is divided into two periods: the Paleolithic period from 30,000-10,000 BC and the Neolithic period from 8,000-5,000 BC. Famous examples of prehistoric art include the cave paintings found at Lascaux, France from around 15,000 BC that depict important events and animals of the time. The paintings provide insight into the lives of prehistoric humans and were likely used for religious ceremonies or hunting magic.

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    The document provides an introduction to prehistoric art from 30,000 BC to 5,000 BC. It discusses that prehistoric art is divided into two periods: the Paleolithic period from 30,000-10,000 BC and the Neolithic period from 8,000-5,000 BC. Famous examples of prehistoric art include the cave paintings found at Lascaux, France from around 15,000 BC that depict important events and animals of the time. The paintings provide insight into the lives of prehistoric humans and were likely used for religious ceremonies or hunting magic.

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    The document provides an introduction to prehistoric art from 30,000 BC to 5,000 BC. It discusses that prehistoric art is divided into two periods: the Paleolithic period from 30,000-10,000 BC and the Neolithic period from 8,000-5,000 BC. Famous examples of prehistoric art include the cave paintings found at Lascaux, France from around 15,000 BC that depict important events and animals of the time. The paintings provide insight into the lives of prehistoric humans and were likely used for religious ceremonies or hunting magic.

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    Introduction to

    Prehistoric Art
    The Dawn of Time
    • The Earth was formed 4 Billion years ago.
    • Life (in the form of small blue algae) appeared 200
    billion years ago.
    • Dinosaurs walked the Earth 200 million years ago.
    • The most distant ancestors of modern man, Homo
    Sapiens, appeared 200,000 years ago in Africa.
    • Homo Sapiens arrived in France only 35,000
    years ago. This was Cro-Magnon man,
    responsible for the cave paintings at Lascaux
    17,000-18,000 years ago.
    What does PREHISTORIC mean?

    Pre: Before Historic: Written History


    Prehistoric: Before written history

    Prehistory is defined as the time before writing, and without written


    records, we have only the works themselves and archeological
    evidence to help us interpret them.
    Prehistoric artifacts have been
    found widely spread throughout
    Europe, Russia, Africa and China
    Prehistoric art is divided into two periods-
    1.Paleolithic
    2.Neolithic

    The first period is called the PALEOLITHIC period,


    otherwise known as the OLD STONE AGE.
    The Paleolithic period was from 30,000 - 10,000 B.C..

    The second period is called the NEOLITHIC period,


    otherwise known as the NEW STONE AGE.

    The Neolithic period was from 8,000 - 5,000 B.C..


    History Timeline

    30,000- 8,000 - 1974 2014


    10,000 5,000 When You are
    Year 1
    B.C.E. B.C.E. Ms. here
    Paleolithic Neolithic Buckley
    Era Era was born

    *These are in order of sequence, not incrementally placed.


    Arrange the dates in order from earliest to most
    recent on a timeline :

    1988
    10,000 B.C.E.
    500
    500 B.C.E.
    2006 B.C.E.
    2007
    10,000 2006 500 500 1988 2007
    B.C.E. B.C.E. B.C.E. 1
    Why did they paint the cave? What do the paintings mean?

    Just the animals that were around at that time.

    Instructions on how to hunt or not to hunt.

    The cave was used for religious ceremonies.

    Painting were for good luck in hunting.


    Bison at Altamira
    (Santander, Spain),
    c. 12,000-11,000 BCE
    Around 15,000 B.C..,
    ancient hunters drew
    and painted important
    life events on cave
    walls.
    These are now called the
    Lascaux Cave Paintings
    and are found in France.

    In 1940, a group of young boys discovered the caves


    by accident. They had been untouched until then.
    The pictures in the caves tell us a lot about the
    lives of our Prehistoric ancestors.
    Lascaux Caves, France
    15,000-13,000 B.C.E.
    Hall of the Bulls (Lascaux), c. 15,000-13,000 BCE
    Tour Lascaux
    Wounded man
    and
    disemboweled
    bison
    (Lascaux),
    c.15,000 –
    13,000 BCE

    Religious
    ritual
    Hunting Magic
    Materials
    • Primitive “paint” (ground minerals)
    • Feathers
    • Moss
    • Fur
    • Chewed sticks
    • Finger painting
    • “spray Paint”
    Bison with turned head (La Madeleine),
    c. 12,000 BCE, reindeer horn
    Venus of Willendorf
    (Austria), c. 28,000-
    23,000 BCE, limestone

    cult of the fertility


    goddess/ lack of
    naturalistic rendering
    Human skull
    from Jericho,
    c. 7000-
    6000 BCE
    Oldest continuous
    city
    spirit trap
    Stonehenge (Salisbury
    Plain, Wiltshire, England),
    c. 2000 BCE
    Sarcen
    Bluestone
    cromlech
    stonehenge video

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