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Apollo 11 Stones
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Charcoal on Stone
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 25,500-25,300 B.C.E
Location: Nambia ( Southern Africa
Function: Currently unknown, historians believe that they would have been used for ritualistic purposes.
Form: Contains numerous geometric line designs, utilizes twisted perspective
Content: Depicts an unknown animal standing in twisted perspective
Context: Polytheistic hunter gatherer tribes.
Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Bone
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 14,000-7000 B.C.E
Location Tequixquiac ( Central Mexico)
Function: Currently Unknown Historians believe it may have held some hunting or religious significance
Form: Whittled down bone
Content: Depicts some sort of canine that would have interacted with the artist
Context:Polytheistic hunter gatherers
Beaker with Ibex Motifs
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Painted Terra Cotta
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 4200-3500 B.C.E
Location Susa( Iran)
Function: Discovered in many burial suits this artifact is believed by historians to wield some religious importance
Form: Profile view, Twisted perspective, geometric shapes( such as the Ibex body)
Content: An Ibex with exaggerated horns that go over some sort of prehistoric symbol
Context: Created by a polytheistic prehistoric city with an affinity for the ibex
Anthropomorphic Stele
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Sandstone
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: Fourth Millennium B.C.E
Location Arabian Peninsula
Function: Discovered in burial sites, thought to be some sort of grave marker for the dead
Form: lots of negative space, stylized human face
Content: Created in the image of a possibly deceased person
Context: Polytheistic prehistoric Arabian civilization
Jade Cong
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Carved Jade
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 3300-2200 B.C.E
Location Liangzhu (China)
Function:Multiple found in many burial sites, possibly to ward off evil spirits for the important deceased.
Form: Symetrical, face motif, contains a hole in the middle
Content: Rectangular Prism with multiple faces carved into it
Context: Polytheistic civilization where jade was considered a symbol of the wealthy and powerful
The Ambum Stone
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Greywacke
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 1500 B.C.E
Location Ambum Valley ( Papua New Guinea)
Function: Believed to be some sort of ritualistic pestle
Form: Bilateral symmetry
Content: A pestle carved in a way to depict some sort of important animal
Context: Polytheistic tribal civilization
Tlatilco Female Figure
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Ceramic
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 1200-900 B.C.E
Location Tlatlico ( Central Mexico)
Function: Currently Unknown, believed to honor some deity or real life conjoined twins
Form: 3 eyed figure, very feminine with wide hips and a large torso. Unnaturally large thighs
Content: Deformed human sculpture
Context: Polytheistic tribal culture
Terra Cotta Fragment
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Terra Cotta
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 1000 B.C.E
Location Lapita (Reef Islands)
Function: Currently unknown thought to be some tablet or a part of a shelter
Form: Multiple dotted lines, geometric figures
Content: A pattern that forms somewhat of a bearded man's face
Context: Polytheistic tribal patterns
Stonehenge
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Sandstone
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 2500-1600 B.C.E
Location Wiltshire( UK)
Function: Unknown purpose most likely to honor the winter solstice to hold some festivity
Form: Straight rectangular lines, groups of three
Content: Large stones built around in a circle
Context: Most likely built by Druids who worshiped the spirits of nature
Running Horned Woman
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Pigment on rock
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 6000-4000 B.C.E
Location Tassili n'Ajjer ( Algeria)
Function: Believed to serve some religious purpose in connection to fertility
Form: Stylized figure in twisted perpective and profile
Content: A feminine figure dressed in white running
Context: Polytheistic community
Great Hall of Running Bulls
Period: Unit 1 Prehistory
Medium: Bone
Artist: Unknown
Patron: Unknown
Date: 15,000-13000 B.C.E
Location Lascaux ( France)
Function: To serve some religious purpose or to aid with hunting in some fashion
Form: Use of profile and twisted perspective. Lots of natural colours
Content: Multiple animals running around in what we believe to be their natural environment
Context: A naturalistic group of hunter gatherers
