Stone Age Art and Discoveries

Vocabulary flashcards covering early human migration, complex culture, and Stone Age art discoveries in Lascaux, Spain, and North Africa.

Homo sapiens

The early humans who, over many thousands of years, populated or became inhabitants of every part of the world.

Artwork

A form of cultural expression whose existence serves as one major sign of a complex culture developing within human communities.

Lascaux cave paintings

Prehistoric artwork depicting animals discovered in 1940 in Southern France, which scientists dated to about 16,000 years ago.

Pigments

Colors created by early artists by grinding materials down to powder for painting images.

Spain and North Africa

Areas where cave paintings older than those discovered in Lascaux, France were found.

Power over an animal

A concept that some believe prehistoric cave paintings represented.

Statues of pregnant women

Small Stone Age sculptures representing a popular artistic subject, believed to bring good luck to other women preparing to give birth.