Chapter 1 - Art in the Stone Age

Where did humankind seem to originate?

Africa

Which of the following marked the beginning of monumental sculpture?

Ain Ghazal

The 1880 Lisbon Congress on Prehistoric Archaeology dismissed as forgeries the cave paintings of _____

Altamira

In its latest phase Stonehenge functioned as ________ .

An astronomical observatory

Hacilar and Çatal Höyük are located on the ________ .

Anatolian Plateau

Some scholars believe the world's earliest datable paintings can be found in ________ .

Chauvet

The Venus of Willendorf is thought to be a ________ .

Fertility Figure

The Lascaux caves are located in ________ .

France

Huge stones arranged in a circle are known as a ________ .

Henge

The watercolor from Çatal Höyük was the world's first ________ .

Landscape

The ________ is one of the earliest relief sculptures known.

Laussel Woman

The human with feline head discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany is carved from ________ .

Mammoth Ivory

What was the environmental condition of northern Europe around 9000 BCE?

Melting Ice

Intensified food gathering and the taming of the dog occurred during the ________ period.

Mesolithic

The transitional period known as the ________ occurred when Europe became climatically, geographically, and biologically much as it is today.

Mesolithic era

The Apollo 11 Cave is located in ________ .

Namibia

Agriculture and raising stock became humankind's chief source of food during the ________ period.

Neolithic

At Hagar Qim the builders used ________ to construct the doorways.

Posts and Lintels

Some scholars think the negative handprints are ________

Signatures

Altamira Cave is located in ________ .

Spain