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Prehistoric Art
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Pictograph:
Painting on a surface like a cave wall.
Petroglyph:Design carved into rock or other surface.
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Kentucky
Rock Art
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Cave of Lascaux, France
Discovered by
four boys in
1940.
Caves are filled
with pictographs
and petroglyphs
of hundreds of
animals.
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There are almost 600 pictures of animals, mostly horses.
Other animals painted are stags, bulls, bison, and ibex.
Only one man is painted.
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Why did they paint the cave? What do the paintings mean?
Just to show the animals that were around at that time?
Did it give instructions on how to hunt or not to hunt?
Was the cave used for religious ceremonies?
Were paintings for good luck in hunting?
PowerPoint created by Amy J McCray, WKU Anthropology Undergrad. 2005.
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References
Coy, Fred, Thomas C. Fuller, Larry G. Meadows, and James L.
Swauger. Rock Art of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY, 2003.
Google Images. 1 December 2005.
<http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q=>
The Caves of Lascaux. 1 May 2005.
<http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/>