Cave Art Figures
Types of Cave Art
Preserving Cave Art
Interpreting Cave Art
Other
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What is one type of cave art?
Parietal Art or Polychromy
100
What are the two types of cave art?
Petroglyphs and Pictographs
100
Is it easy to preserve cave art?
No
100
What are some animals seen in cave art?
horses, bison, bull, wolves, etc.
100
What was one group of people that created cave art
native Americans, ancient Egyptians, ancient French, etc.
200
Which type of cave art is making animals, human figures, and abstract signs?
Parietal Art
200
Which type of cave art is painting on the walls, ceilings, and floors of caves?
Pictographs
200
Is cave art expensive to preserve?
yes
200
What do abstract signs stand for?
maps, stories, people, etc.
200
What was one large animal often drawn in cave art?
bison
300
What type of cave art is mixing colors?
Polychromy
300
What type of cave art is engraved into the walls, ceilings, and floors of caves?
Petroglyphs
300
How do you preserve cave art?
The most common method of preservation is to remove the cave art from its original location then place it in a museum.
300
Why where cave paintings made?
prey to gods, tell stories, make sacrifices, etc.
300
What was red paint made of?
ochra
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Which is more common? human figures or animals?
animals
400
Which type of cave art is more common NOW?
pictographs
400
Which type of cave art is better preserved naturally?
Petroglyphs
400
Where cave paintings sacred?
yes
400
What was white paint made of?
China clay
500
Why are human figures drawn on cave walls, floors, and ceilings? (Give two reasons.)
Tell stories, and prey to gods
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What type of cave art was more common THEN?
Pictographs
500
What are the four main issues in preserving cave art?
Removed from original sight Hard to access Expensive Large scale drawings
500
Tell what you think the story of your picture was.
answer may vary
500
What was black paint made of?
manganese or carbon
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