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- 4. A large stone used to construct a monument or structure.
- 7. Upright sandstone grave marker with human-like features, Arabian Peninsula.
- 8. An attempt to portray objects as they appear in real life.
- 10. The "Old Stone Age," characterized by hunter-gatherer societies, 40,000–8,000 BCE.
- 12. Famous French cave site featuring the Great Hall of the Bulls.
- 16. Building system with vertical supports and a horizontal beam.
- 17. Saharan Neolithic rock painting depicting a goddess-like figure in ritual.
- 18. Painted terra cotta vessel from Susa, Iran, decorated with animal registers.
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- 1. The period of human history before the invention of writing.
- 2. The "New Stone Age," defined by agriculture and settled life, 8,000–3,000 BCE.
- 3. Belief that certain individuals can communicate with nature or the spirit world.
- 5. A way of showing figures with parts seen from both the side and the front.
- 6. A tubular jade object from prehistoric China with a circular inner hole and square outer form.
- 9. Small limestone fertility figurine found in Austria, dated to 28,000–25,000 BCE.
- 11. Earliest known figurative art from Namibia, created with charcoal on stone.
- 13. Neolithic stone circle in Britain used for rituals and astronomical events.
- 14. Greywacke stone figure from Papua New Guinea, possibly a ritual pestle.
- 15. Prehistoric Mesoamerican bone sculpture carved in the shape of a canine.