PSYCH 7A Study Guide - Final Guide: Cave Of Altamira, Megalith, Lascaux

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 7A
• Professor: John Hagedorn

Document Summary

Paintings, chauvet cave, ardeche valley, france, c. 30,000-28,000 bc. Paleolithic period (old stone age), c. 40,000-8,000 bc. Mesolithic period (middle stone age), c. 10,000-4,500 bc (overlaps with earlier period) Neolithic period (new stone age), c. 8,000-1,500 bc (overlaps with earlier period) Chronology: beginning and duration vary by location: in the near east, turkey, egypt: c. 7,000-3,500 bc in europe: c. 4,500-1,500 bc. Neolithic art and architecture in the near east and turkey: Names and terms to study: radiocarbon dating methods, pigment, megalith, post and lintel construction, paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic. Jericho: fortifications and decorated human skulls, c. 7000-6000 bc. Atal h y k: (excavation, wall paintings, shrine, terracottas), c. 6000-5500 bc.