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Apollo 11 Stones

Prehistoric- Paleolithic

Unknown

25,000- 23,500 BCE

Wonderwerk Cave, Namibia, Africa

-Charcoal, clay, ochre

-Cat or dog?

-Named after moon landing

-To tell a message? For pleasure?

The Great Hall of the Bulls

Prehistoric- Paleolithic

Unknown

15,000- 13,000 BCE

Lascaux, France

-Charcoal, ochre, animal fat

-Twisted perspective

-Animals overlap for depth or over time

-Shamanism?

-Tell what types of animals in area?

Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine

Prehistoric- Paleolithic

Unknown

14,000- 7,000 BCE

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico

-Back of pelvis bone from camel type

-Symbol of fertility

-Shamanism?

Running Horned Woman

Prehistoric- Paleolithic

Unknown

6,000- 4,000 BCE

Tassilin'Ajjer, Algeria

-Pigment on rock

-Big lady, small people (depth of perspective)

-Twisted perspective

-Dancing? Hunting?

Beaker With Ibex Motifs

Prehistoric- Neolithic

Unknown

4,200- 3,500 BCE

Susa- Iran, Louvre

-Terracotta

-Ibex= long-horned goat

-Not nomadic

-Burial

Anthropomorphic Stele

Prehistoric- Neolithic

Unknown

4th Millennium

Arabian Peninsula, Pergamon Museum, Berlin

-Resembling a human but not human

-A warrior?

-Grave marker?

Jade Cong

Prehistoric- Neolithic

Unknown

3300- 2200 BCE

Liangzhu, China, Zhejiang Institute of Archaeology, Hangzhou

-Burial

-Bi disc + cong (tube)

-Found by Yangzi River

Stonehenge

Prehistoric- Neolithic

Unknown

3000 BCE

Wiltshire, England

-Sarsen (sandstone), bluestones

-Aubrey holes

-Summer solstice calendar

-Clock for agriculture

-Post and Lintel

The Ambum Stone

Prehistoric- Neolithic

Unknown

1500 BCE

Ambum Valley, Papan New Guinea, National Gallery of Australia

-Greywacke (sandstone)

-Zoomorphic (anteater?)

-religious object for a group of people in Papua New Guinea

-Pestle?

-Aesthetically pleasing: smooth, symmetrical

Tlatilco Female Figure

Prehistoric- Neolithic

Unknown

1200- 900 BCE

Central Mexico, Princeton Art Museum

-Ceramic clay

-Sexuality, not just fertility

-Shamanistic?

White Temple and its Ziggurats