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    References: Richard R. Wilk. (2006). Fast Food‚ Slow Food: The cultural Economy of the Global Food System. Altamira Press. Carole M. Counihan‚ & Penny Van Esterik. (2012). Food and Culture: A Reader. Routledge Press.

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     Chauvet Cave Horses The expression of “cave painting” usually refers to drawing‚ stencil art and painting on the walls and ceilings of prehistoric caves of the Stone Age. Evidence indicates it began during the Aurignacian period (around 30‚000 BC) but reached a highpoint during the late Magdalenian period. The most spectacular examples of this rock art have been discovered in France and Spain‚ where archeologists have found some 350 caves containing Paleolithic artworks‚ but

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    today. Most of the murals that have survived are deep within the caves as oppose to the murals that may have been painted in the entrance of caves. There are several caves that have invaluable collections of mural art. One of them is the cave of Lascaux in France. The murals are mostly of animals‚ occasionally pregnant. There are few paintings of humans. “Portable art is cravings‚ figurines and other shaped or decorated pieces that can be moved from place to place (Price 131). Portable art has

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    JR Benedict Nov 20‚ 2012 “Understanding the built environment at the Seneca Iroquois White Springs Site using large-scale multi-instrument archaeogeophysical surveys”. The field of landscape archaeology can be challenging in the way that it conducts itself. Most of the time the sites are obstructed by vegetation or they may be hidden in a farmer’s plowed field. However the surveying of these places do to their size and proximity to any adjacent constraints

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    82. Etruscans 83. Roman Empire 84. Han Dynasty 85. Mauryan Empire 86. Gupta Empire 87. Kingdom of Israel 88. Kingdom of Judea 89. Assyrian Empire 90. Sasanid Empire ARCHITECTURAL‚ ARTISTIC‚ LITERARY WORKS TO KNOW: 91. Lascaux cave paintings 92. Parthenon 93. Pantheon 94. Upanishads 95.

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    proven to possess the innate ability to produce abstract and symbolic art. This has been evident through the discovery of prehistoric art forms that date back to around 400‚000 years ago. Art such as cave paintings‚ specifically those found in Lascaux or Altamira‚ or portable statuettes‚ prominently the Venus figurines‚ support the advocacy that art is nothing short of a necessity in nature. With the early stages of humanity’s biological transformation into what it is today‚ art has been present as a

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    many thing that was invented during this time‚ anti-craft are item such as hunting weapon spears‚ rocks.|Art was one of the many things that was started in the prehistoric era cave art was founded in many part of the world the oldest one was founded Lascaux France in1945 this is known to be one of the oldest cave art.|N/A|Stonehenge was the biggest architectural piece that the prehistoric built. It was used as a celestial calendar predicting the movement of the sun and moon‚ it was built in Wiltshire

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    Sandoval‚ E.Q. (2005). Pascua Yaqui Tribe. Pascua Yaqui Tribe. Retrieved from http://www.pascuayaquitribe.org/history_and_culture/history/index.shtml Lobo‚ S.‚ & Peters‚ K. (2001). American Indians and the urban experience. Walnut Creek‚ CA: Rowman Altamira. http://books.google.com/books?id=iWBEVTZtHbcC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=yaqui+annexation&source=bl&ots=AnQg7ng_7A&sig=IQmawuHu_cAoX5sV6nydrs8vWxM&hl=en&ei=GtUCTOj5E6T4Mpbb4Ts&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result#v=onepage&q=yaqui%20annexation&f=false

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    from naturally occurring materials such as rocks‚ shells‚ horns and stones‚ were filled with grease‚ and had a fiber wick. Lamps typically used animal or vegetable fats as fuel. Hundreds of these lamps (hollow worked stones) have been found in the Lascaux caves in modern day France‚ dating to about 15‚000 years ago. Oily animals (birds and fish) were also used as lamps after being threaded with a wick. Fireflies have been used as lighting sources. Candles and glass and pottery lamps were also invented

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    STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ INTRODUCTION TO THE VISUAL ARTS (ARH 200)‚ Professor Dewsnap Study Sheet 1 Introduction‚ Prehistoric Art‚ Ancient Near Eastern Art‚ Egyptian Art Note on Vocabulary For the terms which are not defined in the glossary of your textbook‚ please consult online dictionaries available through library website databases‚ The Oxford Art Online and The Grove Dictionary of Art. A good dictionary available in paperback is: Edward Lucie-Smith‚ The Thames and Hudson

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