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