Lecture 1 | Framing Prehistoric Art

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O C E A N
I N D I A N
O C E A N
P A C I F I C
O C E A N
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
A R C T I C O C E A N
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
BLACK
SEA
CASPIAN
SEA
Mandu Mandu Creek
rock shelter with
shell-bead necklace
Apollo 11 Cave
painted
plaquettes
Border Cave
engraved pieces of
wood and bone
Nswatugi Cave
Zimbabwe palette
Patne
engraved
ostrich
eggshell
Aq Kupruq
carved stone head
Mal‘ta
Mezin
Dolní Vestonice
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Dolní Vestonice
Pavlov
Willendorf
Galgenberg
Vogelherd
ohlenstein-Stadel
Le Trou Magrite
Geissenklösterle Sungir
Kostienki Tolbaga
bone figurine
Brno
ˇ
Predmostí
Avdeevo
Blombos Cave
incised
rocks
Pedra Furada
rock shelter;
fallen fragments
of painted wall
Arnhem Land
shelters with
abundant ochre
Tanzania
shelters with ochre
pencils and palettes
Sandy Creek 2 /
Walkunder Arch
rock shelter
with paintings
Olary/Wharton Hill
Koonalda Cave
finger markings on
ceilings and walls
Carpenter‘s Gap
rock shelter with fallen
fragments of painted wall
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A M E R I C A
S O U T H
A M E R I C A
MESOAMERICA
B E R I N G I A
NEW
GUINEA
JAVA
BOR
NEO
SUMATRA
PHILIPPINES
mammoth
ibex
horse
reindeer
ed deer
bison
giant sloth
kangaroo
eland antelope
cape
buffalo
JAPAN
GREENLAND
C H I N A
AUSTRALIA
A F R I C A
A S I A
S I B E R I A
E U R O P E
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0
2400 miles
3600 kms
1 Palaeolithic Art
coastline at height of last
Ice Age, c. 20,000 years ago
greatest extent of ice cover
tundra
steppe
forest
tropical forest
desert
main routes of colonization
using land bridges
parietal art find site
portable art find site
dominant animal,
source of food and materials
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Discovered in 1879.
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of paintings at Altamira in November 1879.

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1 The Origins of Agriculture
areas where agriculture first emerged
adoption of the plough, with date
limit of plough agriculture
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1 Pottery
Manufacture in
Jomon Japan
neolithic style zone
with example of
characteristic pottery
natural resources:
cold deciduous forest
evergreen
broad-leaf forest
warm deciduous
forest
wild boar
deer
sea lion
seal
salmon
acorns
chestnut
walnuts
buckeyes
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Taishakukyo
Torihama
Togari-ishi
Okinohara
Natsushima
Kamo
Hamanasuno
Tokoro
S E A O F
J A PA N
Osumi-Shoto
PA C I F I C
O C E A N
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C H I N A
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300 kms
1 THE DIVERSITY of
forested environments
that supported a rich
array of wild food
resources across the
Japanese archipelago
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multitude of local
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Lecture 1 | Framing Prehistoric Art

Lecture 1 | Framing Prehistoric Art

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