Prehistoric Art

What is significant about the discovery of cave art?

• it’s brand new

• it’s the oldest art discovered

• it was meant to be a secret

What is the story of how cave art was discovered?

• Two kids were playing ball and discovered it by accident when the ball rolled into a cave.

• There were ancient writings and oral stories about the cave paintings.

• A group of scientists discovered it while looking for fossils.

True or False: Everybody believed that the cave paintings were created a very long time ago.

• True

• False

Cave art is dated to be about how many years old?

• 90,000 - 100,000

• 75,000 - 85,000

• 40,000 - 65,000

Which of the following is NOT a known theory explaining why cavemen created art on cave walls?

• to document what they saw

• for communication

• to tell about themselves and what they did

• to practice their math skills by counting animals

Which of the following was NOT a common image seen on cave walls?

• animals

• plants

• hand prints

• people with weapons

What do the cave art images tell us about the people that made them?

• They were likely hunters.

• They weren't very creative people.

• They were likely farmers.

True or False: The cave people used materials & tools such as mud, sticks, bones, and berries to create their paintings.

• True

• False

Why were some of the images overlapping over one another (such as animals)?

• to show large amounts of animals

• to show the idea of movement or herds of running animals

• to show that some animals were closer than others

True or False: The red dots seen around images represented the blood of hunted animals.

• True

• False