Assignment #5 Rock Art-2

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Rock Art 1. How old was the charcoal drawing of animal found in a rock shelter in the Huns Mountains of Namibia? The charcoal drawing of the animal found in a rock was approximately 25,000 years ago. 2. How did archaeologists figure out the date for the fragment if they couldn't test it? The archaeologist figured out the date by estimating when the rocks were buried by radiocarbon dating the archaeological layer. 3. What was the Middle Stone Age? The Middle Stone Age was a period was a period of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Later Stone Age, generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50 – 25,000 years ago. 4. When did Homo sapiens develop in Africa? Homo sapiens developed in Africa more than 100,000 years ago. 5. Ostrich eggshell fragments were found in the cave along with the painted fragment. What was the function of the eggshells? Eggshells were used as containers for pigment. 6. If the rock fragment shows a supernatural creature that is part human/part animal, then what might have been happening in the cave? Rock fragment that showed a supernatural creature suggested a complex system if shamanistic belief. 7. The article states that the cave stones demonstrate that Middle Stone Age homo sapiens were "not only anatomically modern but behaviorally modern as well." What does this mean? This means that early humans possessed a new and unique capacity for modern symbolic thought.

Rock Art in Algeria, Running Horned WomanLinks to an external site. 8. During the French colonial occupation of Algeria, several Europeans gained international fame for their publications of the Tassili n'Ajjer rock art but which local group of people had long known that the drawings were there? The group of people that had long known that the drawings were there were the Tuareg-the indigenous people of the region. 9. What was Lhote's incorrect, racist hypothesis about the artwork? It was discovered that the artwork showed influences of Egyptians and was not African. 10. The Running Horned Woman was likely made around what date range? The Running Horned Woman was likely made around 6,000-4,000 B.C.E 11. What is the likely function of the Running Horned Woman painting? 12. Why is the rock art in danger of being lost today? The rock art is in danger of being lost today because they have suffered from irreversible damage caused by outright vandalism, looted or stolen.

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