QUIZ 1 Study Guide: The Captions

Makapansgat Pebble (resembling a human face) from Makapansgat Cave, South Africa, ca. 3,000,000 B.C.E.

Neanderthal cave painting, Panel 78, La Pasiega, Spain, ca. 62,000 BCE (drawing by Breuil et al, 1913)

Neanderthal stone circles, Bruniquel Cave, France, ca 175,000 BCE

Human with Feline Head, from Hohlenstein-Stadel, Germany, ca. 38,000 B.C.E., mammoth ivory, 11 5/8 in. high

Venus of Hohle Fels, ca 34,000 B.C.E., carved woolly mammoth tusk

Venus of Laussel from a cave in Laussel, Dordogne, France, ca. 25,000-23,000 B.C.E. Limestone with red ochre pigment, approximately 18 in. high

Venus of Willendorf, 28,000 – 25,000 BCE, Austria, carved limestone with traces of red ochre, 4 1/4 in. high, 

Neanderthal (?) cave painting at El Castillo, Spain ca, 38,000 B.C.E 

Lion Panel, Chauvet Cave, France, 35,000 - 17,000 BCE

Ceiling view, Altamira Cave, Spain c. 30,000 -12,0000 BCE, Red ochre and manganese pigment on stone

Robot the Dog, discoverer of Lascaux Cave on Sept 12, 1940, (with his owner, 18-year-old Marcel Ravidat).

Chinese Horse cave painting, Lascaux, Dordogne, France ca. 15,000-13,000 BCE, ochre, hematite and manganese pigment on white limestone, 5 ft 6 ins long

Bison reliefs, 900 yards inside a cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, Ariége, France, ca. 15,000-10,000 B.C.E. Modelled and incised clay, each approximately 2 feet long

Barrginj, wife of Namarrgon, and their children. Aboriginal rock art, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Rock painting in red ocher, c. 6,000 BCE

Sun Tjukurrpa, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, (Papunya Tula), 1972

Entrance stone with megalithic art on the large mound tomb at Newgrange, Ireland, 3000 BC to 2500 BC

Poulnabrone dolmen in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, ca 4200 - 2900 BC.

Menhirs, Carnac, France, ca 4000 BC

Carved Pillar, Göbekli Tepe, Turkey 10,000 - 8,000 BCE, Pillar 2 from Enclosure A (Layer III) with low reliefs of what are believed to be a bull, fox, and crane.

Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, Çatal höyük (Turkey), ca. 6000-5500 BCE, Baked clay, Approx 7.5 ins

Landscape with volcanic eruption, Çatal höyük (Turkey), ca. 6200 BC (First map, landscape painting, and depiction of an erupting volcano)

Mother Goddess, Tarxien, Malta, before 2500 B.C.E. Stone fragment with red ochre pigment, contained in megalithic temples. Complete statue would have been approx 10 ft high

Stonehenge, Salisury Plain, Wiltshire, England, ca. 2,800-1,500 B.C.E., sarsen and bluestone, Diameter of circle: 97 ft, Height approx. 13 ft 6 ins, 

Avanton Gold Cone (1 of 4 Golden Hats), Gold, 22 ins, France , circa 1000–900 BC.