APAH Unit 1: Global Prehistory (30,000–500 BCE)

Apollo 11 Stones

Charcoal on stone from Namibia (c. 25,500–25,300 BCE). Art mobilier. Therianthrope.

Great Hall of the Bulls

Charcoal and ochre on rock. Lascaux, France (c. 15,000–13,000 BCE). showing a twisted perspective and used for hunting/shamanic rituals.

Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

Camelid bone. Tequixquiac, Central Mexico (14,000-17,000 BCE).

Running horned woman

Pigment on rock. Algerian portion of the Sahara, bordering Libya and Niger (6000-4000 BCE). goddess of fertility or agriculture.

Beaker with ibex motifs

Painted terracotta. Susa 1 period, necropolis, acropolis mound, Susa, Iran (4,200-3,500 BCE). the animals were deeply revered.

Anthropomorphic stele

Sandstone. Arabian peninsula. 4th millennium (4000-3001 BCE). burial marker.

Jade cong

Carved jade. Liangzhu, China (3,300-2,200 BCE). used for burial w/ the upperclass.

Stonehenge

Bluestones (from Wales) and sarsen stone (from nearby). Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England (2500-1600 BCE). trilithon shape (2 posts and a lintel).

The Ambum Stone

Greywacke. Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (1500 BCE). mortar and pestle or used in burial.

Tlatilco female figurine

Caramic w/ traces of pigment. Tlatilco, Mexico (1200 - 900 BCE). duality. tlatilco - place of hidden things.

Terracotta fragment

Red-slip earthenware. Lapita. Reef Islands, Solomon Islands. 1000 BCE. Terra cotta (incised).