Detectives who study the past
an object made or used by people in the past; studied by archaeologists
artifact
Before written history
Prehistoric
Prehistoric people were much ___________ than people today.
smaller
Name 2 reasons scientists believe that a hunter carved a horse on a spear thrower
Scholars who study human society
Social Scientists
Relating to a ceremony
ritual
Geometric shapes had special meanings in ___________.
Rituals
Name 2 things cave artists used for paint brushes
moss, fur, or human hair
__________ are recorders of the past by reading documents and discovering what happened
Historians
__________ were drawn much more realistic than humans.
Animals
Name 2 prehistoric animals that were painted in caves
Bulls, bison, and horses
Cave artists mixed powder with _________ fat or _____________ oil
animal, vegetable
Social scientists act as ____________
detectives
Scientists believe that cave artists used ______________ to paint high on cave walls
Scaffolding
Many scientists believe that _________________ were the way that an artist signed a painting.
Handprints
How did cave artists make paints?
Grinding colored minerals into powder
___________ study natural and human- made features.
Geographers
Name 2 artifacts that scientists have found in caves
burning animal fat, bits of rope, tools for painting and engraving
Name a reason why animals were drawn as cave art.
Capture "magical powers", to honor or influence them, used in rituals or ceremonies
Name a reason why the clay sculptures of two bison were created
Cave belonged to a certain clan and coming of age ceremony