VPHA46H3 Midterm: Key Terms, Images Study Guide
1 Dec 2017
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The ter(cid:373) (cid:862)prehistori(cid:272)(cid:863) refers to the ti(cid:373)e (cid:271)efore (cid:449)ritte(cid:374) histor(cid:455). I(cid:374) the west, (cid:449)riti(cid:374)g (cid:449)as i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)ted i(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t. Mesopotamia just before 3000 b. c. e. , so this period includes visual culture (paintings, sculpture, and architecture) made before that date. Olduvai handaxe, 1. 2 1. 4 million years old. This chopping tool and others like it are the oldest objects in the british museum. It comes from an early human campsite in the bottom layer of deposits in olduvai gorge, tanzania. Handaxes are always made from stone and were held in the hand during use. Many have this characteristic teardrop or pear shape which might have been inspired by the outline of the human hand. Woman from willendorf (also known as venus of willendorf), c. 24000 bce, Cave art at lascaux caves c. 15000 bce. The caves at chauvet-pont-d"arc, lascaux, pech merle, and altamira contain the best known examples of pre-historic painting and drawing.
