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| 467758748 | Paleolithic | The "Old" stone age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paints 30,000-9000 BC | |
| 467758749 | Neolithic | The "new" stone age early development of villages, agriculture, animal domestication, tools. 9000-1500 BC | |
| 467758750 | Freestanding sculpture | Freestanding figures, carved or modeled in three dimensions. | |
| 467758751 | Relief sculpture | sculpture that projects from a flat background | |
| 467758752 | Terracotta | hard-baked clay, used for sculpture and as a building material. It can be glazed or painted | |
| 467758753 | Naturalism | the style of printed or sculptured representation based on close observation of the natural worlds that was at the core of classical tradition | |
| 467758754 | Henge | an arrangement of megalithic stones in a circle, often surrounded by a ditch | |
| 467758755 | Stratified society | People grouped according to economic or social class; characterized by the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige. | |
| 467758756 | Composite view | (twisted perspective) a convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in a profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally | |
| 467758757 | Menhir | a tall upright megalith | |
| 467758758 | Trilithons | a pair of monoliths topped w/ a lintel; found in a megalithic structures | |
| 467758759 | Mortise and tenon joint | a projection on the end of a piece of wood to form a joint that is corresponding hole (mortise) in another piece of wood to form a joint |  |
| 467758760 | Megalith | "great stone."A large, roughly hewn stone used in the construction of monumental prehistoric structures. | |
| 467758761 | Dolmen | prehistoric structure or tomb of unhewn stones | |
| 467758762 | Post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) | |
| 467758763 | Prehistoric | belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | |
| 467758765 | Incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting | |
| 477330407 | cromlech | a circle of megaliths | |
| 467758766 | Burin | A pointed tool used for engraving or incising. | |
| 467758767 | Hall of Bulls | -Paleolithic -Lascaux, France -common ground line (horizontal base of compostion) for all animals -twisted perspective (can see both of bulls horns) -many different artists created -one of the largest/most spectacular examples of cave art |  |
| 467758768 | Venus of Willendorf | Fertility symbol, ancient sculpture of nude woman in exaggerated form, discovered in Willendorf, Austria, Paleolithic Art, limestone |  |
| 467758769 | Two Bison | Reliefs in the cave at Le Tuc d'Audoubert -Paleolithic -Clay -relief sculptures of two bison, among the largest Paleolithic sculptures known, built out of clay by the artist's hands. |  |
| 467758770 | Bison with turned head | Paleolithic. La Madeleine France. -Carved from a reindeer horn -Stylized -Profile -Incised |  |
| 467758771 | Well Scene | Rhinoceros, wounded man, and disemboweled bison -Paleolithic -Lascaux, France, -earliest depiction of man -earliest example of narrative art using human and animal forms discovered |  |
| 467758774 | Stonehenge | -Neolithic -Salisbury Plain, Elgnad -testimony to the rapidly developing intellectual powers of Neolithic humans; also amazing physical achievement. -post and lintel structure |  |
| 467758775 | Landscape with volcanic eruption | wall painting, Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) Neolithic Represents Çatal Hüyük during a volcanic eruption, with volcano in profile and the city in an aerial view. |  |
| 467758776 | Reconstruction of Çatal Hüyük | Çatal Hüyük, Turkey, Neolithic Art |  |
| 467758777 | Great Stone Tower | Built into the settlement wall, Jericho, Israel/Palestine, Neolithic Art |  |
