LATIN TERMS TO KNOW

PALEO

MESO

NEO

LITH

“old”

“middle / between”

“new”

“stone”

Woman from Laussel, FranceWoman from Willendorf, Austria

About 22,000 years old

About 1 ½” tall

Carved from Ivory

One of the first depicting an accurate (yet abstracted) face

Venus (Woman) of Brassempouy

Caves of ALTAMIRA (Spain)

Discovered in 1879 – some of the first discovered

Were originally considered fakes, but mineral deposits would’ve taken 1000s of years to accumulate

Mostly Bison from a profile view

Caves of Lascaux (France)

The most extensively decorated caves

Caves of Lascaux (France)

Magnificent gallery known as the HALL OF BULLS

Caves of Lascaux (France)

Denotes the CONCEPT of a BULLusing TWISTED PERSPECTIVE

Caves of Lascaux (France)

W T F ? ? ?

The Chauvet Cave

Discovered in 1994 – named after the exploration leader, Jean-Marie Chauvet

Using c-14 dating, found that these were 15,000 years OLDER than Altamira!!

Lions and bears depicted, but never part of the Paleolithic diet

Animals are depicted NATURALISTICALLY

Mr. Curless’s “SPECIAL CAVES”….

The Oldest?

The First One Found?

The Most Extensive?

Chauvet Cave (France)

Altamira (Spain)

Lascaux (France)

Two Bison reliefs made of clay (each about 2’ long)

Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France, ca. 15000-10000 BCE

Jomon Cooking Vessel(made in Japan)

10,000-8,000 BCE

MESOLITHIC PERIOD

STONEHENGE(ca. 2550-1660 BCE)

Built in Salisbury Plain, England

Created in 3 phases over a 1,000 years

Keyed up with astronomical events, such as the Summer Solstice… when the Sun rises directly over the Heel Stone as seen from the Altar Stone

Menhirs, Megaliths… BIG STONES!