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N: Apollo 11 Stones, Namibia D: C. 25,500-25,300 B.C. P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: The Apollo 11 Cave in the Huns Mountains of southwestern Namibia M/T: Charcoal on stone P: ???????? Content:?????? Context:Fount in the Apollo 11 cave in the Huns Mountains of southwestern Namibia with unusual precision for ancient rock art. The stones are engraved with geometric lines designs and repressentations of animal F: N/A |
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N: Great Hall of the Bulls D: 15,000-13,000 B.C.E P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Cave walls near Lascuax, France M/T: Natural rock contours to show volume of the animals P: Early humans in Lascuax, France Content:??????????? Context: The painting took place in France, and has to do with hunter-gatherer society, concerns with food, survival, and procreation F: Prehistoric hunters believed that they had control of the animals by painting them on the walls. They also believed the more lifelike the animal was, the more magical power the animal had. |
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N: Camelid Sacrum, Tequixuiac, Mexico D: 14,000-7000 B.C.E. P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Tequicquiac, central Mexico M/T: Carving of animal pelvic bones P: Early Humans in Mesoamerica Content:????????? Context: Used as a mask, traditionally thought to be simultaneously located in an otherworld. F: To house the spiritual essence of a hunted animal, a ceremonial mask |
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N: Running Horned Women D: 6000-4000 B.C.E P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Tassili n' Ajjer, Algeria M/T: Pigment on rock P: N/A Content:???????? Context: On the rock walls and displays varied human and animal activities. F: Some scholars have interpreted the women as a horned deity instead of a human wearing ceremonial headgear. The meaning of most African rock art remains uncertain. |
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N: Bushwel with Ibex motif D: 4200-3500 B.C.E. P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Susa, Iran M/T: Painted terra cotta P: Inhabitants of Susa Content:??????? Context: Given to the deceased during a secondary burial F: Funerary object |
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N: Anthropomorphic Stele D: Fourth Millennium B.C.E. P/S: Global Prehistoric A: N/A O/L: Arabian Peninsula M/T: Sandstone P: The Nabataeans Content:????????? Context: Some are carved in surrounding sandstone cliffs by many Arabian tombs. Earliest known works of art from the Arabian Peninsula F: Unknown, but associated with religious or burial practices |
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N: Jade Cong D: 3300-2200 B.C.E. P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Liangzhu, China M/T: Carved Jade P: Liangzhu Inhabitants Content:????????????? Context: The principal decoration on cong of the Liangzhu period was the face pattern, which may refer to spirits or deities F: Completely Unknown |
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N: Stonehenge D: 2500-1600 B.C.E P/S: Globla Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Wiltshire, UK M/T: sandstone P: N/A Content:????????? Context: Worked within the context of existing archaeological knowledge F: Marker of the midsummer solstice |
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N: The Ambum Stone D: c. 1500 B.C.E. P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Ambum Valley,Enga Province, Papua New Guinea M/T: Greywacke P: N/A Content:?????? Context: Ambum stone has a higher level of figurative qualities than other pestles and may be in a unique class of its own. Discovered in a cave, it is one of the earliest known Pacific works of art. F: Considered sacred and credited with supernatural powers by present day people of the region |
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N: Tlatilco Female Figurine D: 1200-900 B.C.E. P/S: Global Prehistoric A: N/A O/L: Central Mexico, site of Tiatilco M/T: Ceramic and Paint P: N/A Content:????????? Context: The figure is completely nude and revealing an exagerrated contrast in proportions. Tlatico figurines show a fascination with physical deformities F: suggested they are related to women's role in regards to nature |
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N: Terra Cotta Fragment D: 1000 B.C.E P/S: Global Prehistory A: N/A O/L: Solomon Islands, Reef Islands M/T: Terra Cotta (incised) P: N/A Content:?????????? Context: Lapita refers to an ancient Pacific culture that archaeologists believed to be the common ancestors of the contemporary cultures of Polynesia, Micronesia, and some areas of Melanesia. Lapita art is known for ceramics, which have intricate repeating geometric patterns that sometimes include anthropomorphic faces and figures. F: Piece of pottery used for cooking, serving, and storing |
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