Prehistoric Stone Age Paleolithic era ca 38 000 10 000 BCE upper Mesolithic Era ca 10 000 8 000 BCE middle Neolithic Era new Near east ca 8000 3000 BCE Western Europe ca 4000 1500 BCE Lion Man Human Human with feline head History of a piece provenance Found 1939 in cave Pieces were gradually discovered Made from ivory from mammoth Deliberately made intentional Oldest known zoomorphic sculpture Meaning People dressed as animals Belief in a god Animals and humans considered same group Shows imagination and creativity Nude woman venus of willendorf Goddess of love Willendorf austria Carved limestone Freestanding sculpture Found in 1908 during railroad construction Tiny arms no facial features defined Defined stomach and breasts Thought to be a fertility figure pregnant and fertile Feet look broken off would ve been small Theories Bison with turned head Spear thrower Reindeer horn Incised so sharp tool used Two bison la tuc d audoubert Clay relief sculptures Clay was brought to area to be built Fingerprints hands used to model Sympathetic magic used in ritual Could be symbol to other tribes if they wanted to mate or not Cracks Depicted in profile Prehistoric cave paintings Lascaux 15000 13000 BCE People lived in caves at time Used red yellow black colors Used humanite pigment Discovered in 1940 Lascaux france Rituals might ve been done in caves
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