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Media and Techniques

Media and Techniques

This activity contains 10 questions.

	Fundamental social and cultural changes mark the beginning of the Neolithic period. These include the development of __________ agriculture.   gathered rather than cultivated organized megalithic

	The Neolithic period ended with the introduction of __________.   metal-working stone tools iron

	A construction technique that depends on two uprights supporting a horizontal member is called _____________.   vaulting corbelling post-and-lintel

	In the Newgrange tomb, patterns carved on the stones must have been marked out using __________.   stencils antlers and hard stones strings or compasses

	At Stonehenge, two circles of stones contain a horseshoe-shaped arrangement of five trilithons, or pairs of unlined stones topped by __________.   lintels heel stones antlers

	Cave archeologist Michel Lorblanchet demonstrated that some of the paint was applied to walls of caves by the prehistoric artist by becoming a kind of human ____________ can.   watering spray trash

	In Michel Lorblanchet's demonstration of prehistoric painting techniques, the archeologist was able to produce his sharpest lines by what arrangement of his hands?   holding one hand against the cave wall and blowing pigment over the hand placing his hands side by side and blowing pigment between them placing his hands side by side and having an assistant draw in the space with a piece of charcoal

	One anatomical detail, the __________, of the Woman from Willendorf was not carved but was part of the original stone from which the carving was made.   navel left arm head

	The Lion-Human carving was carved from __________.   mammoth ivory wood stone

	Dolmen were made up of a(n) __________ frame of large, stone slabs "roofed" with one or more capstones.   wire earthen mound post-and-lintel

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