settle enough to keep returning to paint more impacted by the natural world Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine 3 Tequixquiac, central Mexico 14,000-1000 B.C.E. Animism Bone sacrum bone subtractive techniques utilizing already apparent features in the bone, like the holes for eyes maskceremony manipulating their environment already resembled the shape of a canine face Camelid sacrum Photo Jorge Pérez de Lara 011 AP weixin: usapcamp www.usapcamp.com
AP CAMP developed beliefs about the sacrum in relation to reproductive organs connected them with spirituality domesticating dogs 4 Running Horned Woman Tassili n'ajjer, Algeria 6000 4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock minerals on a rock wall ornamentsraincloud overlapping nature archeological searches inhabited by several generations animistic and natural symbolic spiritualism Running horned woman The Granger Collection, New York great contrast between the dark and light 012 AP weixin: usapcamp www.usapcamp.com
transparency depicting some sort of event document historical eventsceremonial dress involved and inspired by their natural environmentrain cloudtheir need for the rainallow their crops to grow settled groups Beaker with ibex motifs 5 Susa, Iran 4200 3500 B.C.E. Neolithic, Mesopotamia, Ancient near East Painted terra cotta beakerceramic pieces clayrim canineibex plant materialsmall brushes was deformedis elongated express moving speeda high degree of designingcurvesstraight lines successfully combined exterior decoration and the shape of beaker decorationstorageburial artifact 013 AP weixin: usapcamp www.usapcamp.com
AP CAMP ceramic art manipulate their environment claysculpt it control a firethe Neolithic Age decorative painting settle down store their crops Beaker with ibex motifs RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY delicate painting designgive this vessel value ancient gravesite people at Susa had a belief in the afterlife buried valuables with people who had diedancient Egyptianstrading city with connections and cultural transfers with Egypt 6 Anthropomorphic stele Arabian Peninsula Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone very stylized representation of a human figure sandstonecarries knives in sheaths across the chesta knife tucked into a belt 014 AP weixin: usapcamp www.usapcamp.com
very general shape of a humanhas facial features distinct clothing figuresmark graveshonor someone of importance rewards for heroic action this specific stone seems to represent a warrioran honor recognize the individual in society instead of just the collective or human group Anthropomorphic stele Album/Art Resource, NY Jade cong 7 Liangzhu culture, China Neolithic period 3300 2200 B.C.E. Carved jade 3 Neolithic peoplelake Tai Liangzhu culturehighly sophisticated jadesceramicsstone tools two distinct types of ritual jade objectsdisc bitubecongsquare cross-sectionpierced with a circular hole cornersdecorated with faces 015 AP weixin: usapcamp www.usapcamp.com
AP CAMP indicated by eyes and parallel bars faceabbreviated form Jade cong Asian Art & Archaeology, Inc./Corbis sacrificial ceremony cong as symbolizing the earthbi represents the heavens monetary value for trade extremely difficult to producetimeconsumingcannot be split like other stones be worked with a hard abrasive sandburied in large numbers in tombs 8 Stonehenge Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe c. 2500 1600 B.C.E. Sandstone megalithmonument style megalithiclarge circle 20 archaeological evidence 016 AP weixin: usapcamp www.usapcamp.com