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The Ages
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Vocabulary
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100

This era, when literally translated, means "Old Stone Age"

Paleolithic

100

Paleolithic people were _______________ because their communities followed their food and never settled down

Nomadic, hunter gatherers

100

Early work from the Pacific.  A very small pestle with a Zoomorphic theme

Ambum Stone

100

Defined spaces created by ground lines.  Different sections of the art which are layered on top of each other.  

Registers

100
A hard, typically green stone 

Jade

200
The Mesolithic Period was known as the _______ Stone Age.

Middle

200

Paleolithic people used _________________ primarily for tools because it was the hardest and most abundant resource around.

stone

200

Found on the Arabian Peninsula, this piece of art can be classified as funerary art.  The subject has an Awl, and a double bladed daggar.

Anthropomorphic Stele

200

A bone that is found at the bottom of the spine

Sacrum

200

A large stone used in the construction of prehistoric monuments

Megalith

300

The Neolithic Era translates to this phrasing

New Stone Age

300

Neolithic communities began ___________.  This is a trait that defines the era.

settling down, agriculture

300

Found in Liangzhu, China, this artwork can be classified as mortuary art.  

Jade Cong

300

An abstract form of design that can range from close to natural to completely abstract.  

Stylized

300

a horizontal structure that spans an opening.  The top part of a trilithon

Lintel

400

The Stone age was made of which 3 eras (Answer should be in chronological order)

Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

400
Stonehenge suggest that people had become very ____________.  This is the key factor which allowed them to build such a huge structure

Organized

400

This piece of art is from the Lapita people.  It shows intricate, repeating geometric designs which were stamped into the clay.

Terra Cotta Fragment

400

A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally 

Twisted Perspective or Composite View

400

a tall upright stone

Menhir

500

Cave paintings usually depicted these, as they were very important to the sustainability of life

Animals

500

Used as funerary art, this is art portrays stylized animals which mimic the cylinder shape of the object.

Bushel with Ibex Motif

500

Two vertical stones supporting a horizontal stone

Trilithon

500

A decorative border in a continuous line that is repeated

Meander