MAPEH 9 Q1: ARTS

• Many scientists believe that HUMAN CULTURE developed during this age, an enormous span of time that began about 2.5 or 3.4 million years ago.

• Carving of tools out of bones and stones and paint images inside the caves (subject: daily living)

• Nomadic living.

• Hunting and Gathering Society.

• Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Iron Age

• ca. 15,000-10,000 BCE

• A cave at Le Tuc D'audoubert, Ariège, France.

• Bison Reliefs

• Sunken relief

• Low relief

• were conceivably their way of communicating with each other

• There is also a probability that paintings in caves could be for ceremonial purposes or other kinds of beliefs.

• Were not done with charcoal but with naturally occurring pigments, such as (iron oxide) or black (manganese).

• The animals were drawn with great detail, however, the humans were in stick figures.

(Answer: What & Where)

• Paintings

• Cave

• Drawing

• Woods

• 15,000 BCE, ancient hunters drew and painted important life events on cave walls.

• Cave paintings in Lascaux, France were a form of communication that can be appreciated and understood.

• 1940: a group of young boys discovered the caves by accident. Remained untouched until then.

• After 8 years, government opened it to the public for 15 years.

• World Heritage by UNESCO, 1976.

• • Lascaux Cave Paintings

• Bhimbetka rock shelters

• Cave of Altamira

• ca. 15,000 - 13,000 BCE

• A cave at Montignac, France

• Hall of the bulls

• • Circle of Stones (Prehistoric Architectures)

• • Stonehenge

• Early Stone Age people developed a form of architecture based on big rocks (megaliths)

• Hall of the bulls

• • Circle of Stones (Prehistoric Architectures)

• • Stonehenge

• Around 3100 BCE, a group of Stone Age people began creating Stonehenge.

• Assemblage of giant stones in Southern England. It came from “henge”, the Anglo-Saxon word for “hanging”, which refers to the horizontal stones in the monument.

• Nearly 1 million people visit Stonehenge every year.

• UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.

• Hall of the bulls

• • Circle of Stones (Prehistoric Architectures)

• • Stonehenge

MEGALITHS:​ ​

Came from the Greek word “Mega” that means “big” and “lithos” means “rock”.

• During prehistoric times, they believed that STONES and ROCKS are associated with divinity.

• TRUE

• FALSE

THREE TYPES OF MEGALITH:

1. stone usually standing VERTICALLY on the middle of a field. Commonly arranged in rows.

• Menhir

• Dolmen

• Cromlech

THREE TYPES OF MEGALITH:

1. form of a table. Consists of two huge standing stones that support a horizontal giant stone. Believed that this serve as a grave or altar.

• Menhir

• Dolmen

• Cromlech