Paleolithic time period- Woman of Willendorf-Austria 28k-25k BCE 

• paleolithic: hunt and gather until everything is gone 
• Symbol of fertility 
• Abstract
• portable
• sculpture in the round 

Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux, France- ca. 15k-13k BCE 

• Painted cave system 
• deep in the cave 
• religious, social or mythological 
• ritual site
• target practice? 
• off center horns 

Well Scene with Rhinoceros, Man and Bison- ca. 15k-13k BCE

• Created by prisioner? 
• bird headed man 
• bison charging 

Dolmen (Megalithic Tomb), Carnac, France- ca. 1500 BCE 

• alter for the dead
• packed with earth 
• people were buried to  incarcerate them so they can't roam 

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England- ca. 1500 BCE 

• aligned with sun and stars 
• blue stones - from whales - magical or religious properties
• alter in the center 
• mote for protection 
• Henge=circle 

Dogon Culture, Ancestral Couple

• symmetrical 
  
• protective 
• baby on femals back

Dogon Culture, Men’s Assembly House (Togu-na), nd

• low to the ground
• not decorative 
• provided shade 
• colored relief sculptures
• tells a story 

Pueblo Bonito, 10th – 11thc- Chaco Canyon, NM

• Native north americans 
• earth, mud brick
• 8' thick walls 
• 4-5 stories tall
• protected
• leaders house disguised 

Cliff Palace, 12th-13thc- Mesa Verde, CO

• built in cliff to escape drought 
• adobe architecture 
• mud sealed & plastered
• gathers heat, realses at night 

Tlinglit Culture Chilkat Blanket- early 20thc

• used over shoulders of priest 
• human and animal features
• natural colors
• culture made money by selling art

Bamileke culture, plan of a village, nd

• kings lived in the center 
• people settled around king 
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Kiva

• Cerrimonal round room
• came from pit houses
• low benches
• walls painted with animals or importnat symbols