Paleolithic 30,000 B.C.E. - 8,000 B.C.E.
Neolithic 8,000 B.C.E. - 3,000 B.C.E.
These two categories correspond to methods of gathering food during a time in human history where basic survival was a primary focus: The Paleolithic (Paleo = ancient/lithic = stone) period were hunter gathers and Neolithic (Neo = new/lithic = stone) people cultivated the earth and kept livestock.
Enduring Understandings
Human expression existed across the globe before the written record While prehistoric art of Europe has been the focus of many introductions to the history of art, very early art is found worldwide and shares certain features, particularly concern with the natural world and humans’ place within it.
First instances of important artistic media, approaches, and values occurred on different continents, with Africa and Asia preceding and influencing other areas as the human population spread.
Over time, art historians’ knowledge of global prehistoric art has developed through interdisciplinary collaboration with social and physical scientists.
Neolithic 8,000 B.C.E. - 3,000 B.C.E.
These two categories correspond to methods of gathering food during a time in human history where basic survival was a primary focus: The Paleolithic (Paleo = ancient/lithic = stone) period were hunter gathers and Neolithic (Neo = new/lithic = stone) people cultivated the earth and kept livestock.
Enduring Understandings
Human expression existed across the globe before the written record While prehistoric art of Europe has been the focus of many introductions to the history of art, very early art is found worldwide and shares certain features, particularly concern with the natural world and humans’ place within it.
First instances of important artistic media, approaches, and values occurred on different continents, with Africa and Asia preceding and influencing other areas as the human population spread.
Over time, art historians’ knowledge of global prehistoric art has developed through interdisciplinary collaboration with social and physical scientists.
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Artwork List
1. Apollo 11 stones 2. Great Hall of the Bulls 3. Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine 4. Running horned woman 5. Beaker with ibex motifs 6. Anthropomorphic stele 7. Jade cong 8. Stonehenge 9. The Ambum Stone 10. Tlatilco female figurine 11. Terra cotta fragment |
VOCABULARY
1. PALEOLITHIC 2. NEOLITHIC 3. SCHEMATIC 4. SHAMAN 5. ABSTRACTION 6. HUNTER-GATHERER 7. RITUAL 8. COSMOS 9. CERAMICS 10. MONOLITHIC 13. ANTHROPOMORPHIC 14. MOTIFS |