ARHI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stone Age
16 Dec 2016
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(cid:862)p(cid:396)e-histo(cid:396)y(cid:863) = (cid:271)efo(cid:396)e (cid:449)(cid:396)iti(cid:374)g: therefore, no evidence, so what we know is just interpretation and theory. Most depictions are animals: shown in profile view usually, sometimes shown with 6 or 8 legs or horns to show movement. Also show outlines of handprints: positive: put paint on hand and printed it on the wall, negative: put hand on wall and painted over top of it. Diet consisted mostly of deer and reindeer. Indication for the will to dominate over nature. Caves could have functioned for religious sanctuaries: could potentially communicate with some other spiritual world, communication with the past and the future statement presented. (cid:862)ea(cid:396)ly(cid:863) 2. 5 (cid:373)illio(cid:374) yea(cid:396) -300,000 years ago. Cave relief (bisons): attached to background but carved out, over 2 feet long, made of clay and brought into the cave, very detailed (facial features, horn, etc. ) Much more realistic than the wall paintings but a very different technique. Figures (woman holding a bison horn: rock piece (relief structure)
