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Peep Into the World of Prehistoric Art With This Quiz

Let us check how much do you know prehistoric art.
Sumana Nag
The term Prehistoric refers to the era or time when we did not have any written records.
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Artifacts created before there was any written history are considered to be Prehistoric Art. It is divided into 3 art forms- Cave arts, Small figurative carvings, and Rock engravings.
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Prehistoric painters used earth pigments like hematite, limonite, kaolin clay, burnt shells, calcite, and charcoal to create different colors. They mixed these pigments with several binding agents like animal spit, fat, urine, blood, etc.
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The red hand stencil in the Maltravieso cave is the oldest cave painting. It is located in Cáceres, Spain, and possesses several fine specimens of Neanderthal cave art.
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Prehistoric art captures the evolution of Paleolithic people from hunting to farming lifestyle. It depicts their survival techniques, rituals, and beliefs.
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Venus of Willendorf, popularly called Woman of Willendorf or Nude Woman was found in Austria in 1908. Some historians believe that this artifact represents fertility, some consider it as a good-luck totem. Many also consider it as a goddess.
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Grotte des Deux-Ouvertures is well known for its petroglyphs of animals, abstract pictographs, and colorful history. It is located near Ardeche River and was popularly called the Cave of two openings.
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The Cave Bison of Tuc d'Audoubert was excavated by R. Begouen in 1976 from french Tuc d'Audoubert cave. It was 2 ft. in length, 18" in height & nearly 4" deep. The heads and necks of this clay bison suggests usage of carved tools.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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People started domesticating wild animals like Persian ibex, wild boars, sheep, and water buffalo in Neolithic age. They use them for their milk & meat,  for manual labors like farming & transportation of goods.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Since archaeologists have found film of charcoal under the pigments of several paintings, they have concluded that prehistoric artists sometimes used to do preliminary sketches.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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People in Paleolithic or Stone Age used to live in small groups and migrated from one place to another to hunt animals. They started agriculture in the Neolithic or New Stone Age.
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Robert Foote was a British geologist and archaeologist. However, he spent most of his life collecting Prehistoric artifacts in India & was called father of Indian Prehistory for single-handedly rebuilding & preserving Indian Prehistorical records.
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Invention of fire played a crucial role in the evolution of human history as they used fire to keep themselves warm & scare away wild animals. Later people even started using fire to cook food & to clear lands for agricultural purposes.