Global Prehistory AP ART History

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Oldest known work of art

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Content? Evidence of scaffolding found in Caves in France, Charcoal and ocher on stone, Wild bulls, horses, deer, twisted perspective

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Wild bulls, horses, deer

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Form? Options: Camelid- an extinct camel like animal, Sacrum is the bone located at the base of the spine, bone has been worked to recreate the skull of a dog, The Sacrum serves as the second skull

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bone has been worked to recreate the skull of a dog

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Function? Options: Calendar, gateway to the underworld, landing site for ancient aliens, site of ritual sacrifice

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Calendar

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Content? Options: Lapita culture known for its pottery, one of the oldest human faces in Oceanic art, dots, circles and hatching, outlined forms, including a human face, used a comb like tool to stamp designs into clay

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dots, circles and hatching, outlined forms, including a human face

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bifurcated female

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Context? Options: Thin walled vessel thrown on a potter's wheel, Found near burial site, but not with human remains, Clan symbol inside horns, Oversized horn, abstracted/stylized motif

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Found near burial site, but not with human remains

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Function? Options: At one time the desert was a grassland; climate changes turned it into a desert, More than 15,000 drawings and engravings found at the site, Exhibits a composite view of the body, Indicates a divine figure who brings the rain

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Indicates a divine figure who brings the rain

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Content? Options: Anthropomorphic: resembling a human form, but is not human, religious or burial significance, found in an area with extensive trade routes, belted robe from which hangs a double bladed knife or sword

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belted robe from which hangs a double bladed knife or sword

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Four corners usually carry mask-like images with pronounced eyes and fangs