ARTHIST 1A03 Chapter 1: Prehistoric Art Notes; Chapter One
10 Aug 2018
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Prehistory includes all human existence before the emergence of writing were equally important for everyday survival. Even if we nd the artifacts visually pleasing, at the time they werent being made as sculptures and paintings, they. Prehistoric art provides clues to understand early human life and culture (when and how they were created) We may never know why prehistoric art was made as the conclusions we make are only educated guesses. There may be multiple meanings and uses for something and they may mean di erent things to di erent people. Homo sapiens appeared 400000 years ago and homo sapiens sapiens evolved 120000 years ago. 100000 - 35000 years ago modern humans spread from africa across asia, into europe, and nally to australia and the. 200 years ago archaeologists struck by the stone weapons and gures called the period the stone age. There are 2 parts to the stone age: paleolithic (old stone) and neolithic (new stone)
