Quiz 1- 1-18

The Apollo 11 stones may have functioned as

• part of a more complex cycle of cave painting

• a foundation stone for a religious structure

• a grave marker for a successful hunter

• an early form of portable art

Although the cave paintings in the Great Hall of Bulls as Lascaux were originally interpreted as depictions of hunting scenes, they have more recently been interpreted as paintings intended to

• warn people about dangerous animals threatening villages

• portray scenes of animal domestication

• document a series of animal-based magic rituals

• tell a mythic narrative of human origins

While most scholars agree that the specific purpose of the work shown can no longer be determined, some have speculated that the artist chose to use

• a sacrum bone because it may have had a spiritual significance

• a rock in the shape of a canine head because the animal was linked to a particular deity

• movable parts so that the sculpture could be animated during ritual displays

• a hollow skull so that it could be attached to the exterior of a structure as a protective talisman

The running horned woman from Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria, is presented using which of the following visual characteristics?

• The figure is placed on a clear ground line.

• The figure is represented in composite pose.

• The facial features are unique and individualized.

• The musculature is clearly defined.

The work shown includes patterns that can best be described as

• geometric

• organic

• naturalistic

• elongated

Art historians have theorized that the beaker with ibex motifs was most likely made for

• luxury purposes because it was discovered in the ruins of a palace

• military exercises because it was discovered in the ruins of a citadel

• funerary rituals because it was discovered in a grave

• religious use because it was discovered in a cave

The work shown can be identified as the

• camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine from central Mexico

• anthropomorphic stele from the Arabian Peninsula

• Ambum Stone from Papua New Guinea

• Tlatilco female figurine from central Mexico

In Neolithic China, artisans shaped jade congs by

• rubbing them with abrasive sand

• firing liquefied clay

• using cast molds

• incising them with metal tools

The precise arrangement and orientation of the megaliths of Stonehenge suggest that the site was used for the

• calculation of positions of the planets

• performance of a ceremony dedicated to a lunar deity

• marking of the summer solstice

• commemoration of the creation of the Heavens

Scholars conclude from archaeological evidence that the ditch that surrounds the site of Stonehenge was created as

• a later defensive measure to protect the site during a time of intense warfare

• one of the first features of the site, which later underwent multiple additional building phases

• part of a reconstruction effort, during which the site's function changed from religious to secular

• part of a construction ramp that was used to move the heavy megaliths in the center into place