Exam 1: Prehistoric Art in Europ

Stonehenge was built in __________-and-__________ construction.

How would you compare the artistic representations of the Paleolithic period to the Neolithic period?

Prehistoric cave paintings were first discovered in Spain in the________________.

_________ evidence shows that modern humans moved from Africa, across Asia, into Europe, and finally to Australia and the Americas between 100,000 and 35,000 years ago.

Prehistoric cave painting was an unknown art form until the 1879 discovery of a cave in __________ in northern Spain.

How did the artists of Lascaux fuel the lamps that they used to see within the deep recesses of the cave?

How did climatic change affect Neolithic people?

Walls of woven branches that were covered with mud or clay, or ______ and______ was a common building technique used in central Europe during the Neolithic period.

The Human Figures from Ain Ghazal give the impression of living individuals who ____________________.

The earliest known prehistoric cave painting site was discovered in 1994 and is called __________.

The Lion-Human sculpture from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany is made of __________.

Chauvet Cave is located in __________.

What formal artistic devices did the artists of the Chauvet cave in Southern France use to convey images of horses, mammoths, aurochs, and other animals?

What events or occurrences determined the onset of a Neolithic culture?

The Woman from Willendorf was created from __________.

Rather than being a product of invaders the destruction of houses at some sites in the Neolithic period was part of ______________.

The word megalithic means __________.

Why was the cave of Lascaux closed to the public?

What are the particular challenges and rewards of studying prehistoric art?

Figures such as the Woman of Willendorf may have functioned to communicate ____________among differing groups of Paleolithic peoples.