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Representational images begin to appear in the Archaeological record about?
- 38,000 years ago
_________ are the most common artifacts found in excavation of Prehistoric settlements.
- Fragments of low-fired ceramics.
The name __________ Period comes from Greek, meaning "Old Stone."
- Paleolithic
Jomon pottery is from present-day________.
- Japan
The potter's wheel first appeared in _________.
- Egypt
Metals were first used for _________.
- Ornamentation
An unusual technique probably used by cave painters was _________.
- Spraying paint with the mouth.
The oldest known site of prehistoric cave painting is _________.
- Chauvet
It is likely that the Woman from Willendorf had a function associated with the idea of _________.
- Fertility
_________ aims to determine a precise span of calendar years in which an artifact was created.
- Absolute dating
The only entrance to the House in Catalhoyuk was through the _________.
- Roof
The _________ was a spearthrower used by Prehistoric hunters.
- Atlatl
The layer of ash at Catalhoyuk seems to have resulted from a _________.
- House-burning practice.
Woman from _________ is only 1-1/4-inch tall.
- Brassempouy
Bronze is a mixture of copper and _________.
- Tin
The technique of _________ is closely allied to that of ceramics.
- Metallurgy
What aspect of many of the buildings at Catalhoyuk connected them to the community's sense of past, present, and future?
- Bodies buried under the floors.
There is an elaborate passage grave at _________.
Newgrange, Ireland
_________ is a technique for weaving branches into a basket-like pattern.
- Wattle and daub
A few special burials found in present-day _________ contained gold and copper artifacts.
- Bulgaria
Radiometric dating is a form of _________ dating.
- Absolute
A _________ is a circle of stones or posts.
- Henge
_________ is a term used to refer to pottery fragments.
- Potsherds
The cave paintings from Altamira are from the _________ Paleolithic Period.
- Upper
The "pot revolution" marked a shift from a reliance on containers made of _________ to containers made of made of clay.
- textile, skin, and wood.
Prehistoric sculptures and paintings seemingly did all of the following except _________.
- Serve as art for its own sake.
When a house at sites such as Lepenski Vir was no longer to be lived in, it would be _________.
- Burned down.