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27 Cards in this Set
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Representational images begin to appear in the Archaeological record about?
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- 38,000 years ago
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_________ are the most common artifacts found in excavation of Prehistoric settlements.
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- Fragments of low-fired ceramics.
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The name __________ Period comes from Greek, meaning "Old Stone."
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- Paleolithic
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Jomon pottery is from present-day________.
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- Japan
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The potter's wheel first appeared in _________.
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- Egypt
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Metals were first used for _________.
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- Ornamentation
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An unusual technique probably used by cave painters was _________.
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- Spraying paint with the mouth.
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The oldest known site of prehistoric cave painting is _________.
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- Chauvet
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It is likely that the Woman from Willendorf had a function associated with the idea of _________.
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- Fertility
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_________ aims to determine a precise span of calendar years in which an artifact was created.
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- Absolute dating
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The only entrance to the House in Catalhoyuk was through the _________.
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- Roof
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The _________ was a spearthrower used by Prehistoric hunters.
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- Atlatl
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The layer of ash at Catalhoyuk seems to have resulted from a _________.
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- House-burning practice.
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Woman from _________ is only 1-1/4-inch tall.
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- Brassempouy
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Bronze is a mixture of copper and _________.
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- Tin
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The technique of _________ is closely allied to that of ceramics.
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- Metallurgy
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What aspect of many of the buildings at Catalhoyuk connected them to the community's sense of past, present, and future?
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- Bodies buried under the floors.
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There is an elaborate passage grave at _________.
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Newgrange, Ireland
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_________ is a technique for weaving branches into a basket-like pattern.
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- Wattle and daub
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A few special burials found in present-day _________ contained gold and copper artifacts.
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- Bulgaria
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Radiometric dating is a form of _________ dating.
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- Absolute
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A _________ is a circle of stones or posts.
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- Henge
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_________ is a term used to refer to pottery fragments.
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- Potsherds
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The cave paintings from Altamira are from the _________ Paleolithic Period.
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- Upper
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The "pot revolution" marked a shift from a reliance on containers made of _________ to containers made of made of clay.
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- textile, skin, and wood.
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Prehistoric sculptures and paintings seemingly did all of the following except _________.
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- Serve as art for its own sake.
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When a house at sites such as Lepenski Vir was no longer to be lived in, it would be _________.
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- Burned down.
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