Stone Age. Vocabulary

Vocabulary/Terminology

Stone Age

composite view

dolmen

ground line

Homo Sapiens

megalith

Neolithic

Paleolithic

post and lintel 

radiocarbon dating

Relief Sculpture

Freestanding Sculpture

People

Marija Gimbutas

Dates

40-35,000 B.C.E

8,000 B.C.E

Art and Architecture

Venus of Willendorf

Woman holding a bison horn

Bison. Altamira Cave

Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux. France

Shaman and Wounded Bison. Lascaux

Chinese Horse. Lascaux

Stonehenge

Passage Grave. Loughcrew. Ireland

Human Figure from Ain Ghazal. Jordan

Schematic  Reconstruction Drawing of Catal Hoyuk

Enthroned Birth Goddess