Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine Ap Art History

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anthropomorphic	human-like
art mobilier	pocket-size-scale prehistoric fine art that is moveable, such as the Apollo 11 Cave Stones Apollo 11 Cave Stones, Namibia, c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E
avian	something relating to birds
bicephalic	two-headed figures Tlatilco female figurine
Bovid	the Bovidae are the biological family of mammals that includes bison, African buffalo, water buffalo, antelopes, gazelles, sheep, goats, muskoxen, and domestic cattle
camelid	a member of the Camelidae family, such equally camels, llamas, and alpacas
dentate	something that has a molar-like or serrated border
exogenous materials	materials that originated elsewhere
Hominids	a primate of family (Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors, and also some swell apes; humans evolved from an earlier specifics of hominids
Human sapiens	anatomically modern humans who evolved from an earlier species of hominids
maize	also known every bit corn; start domesticated by Ethnic peoples in what is today Mexico c. 10,000 years ago
Melanesia	refers to a region of the western Pacific that includes the islands and isle groups of Fiji, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu
Mesoamerica	refers to the diverse civilizations that shared similar cultural characteristics in the geographic areas comprising the mod-day countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
Federated states of micronesia	the region of the western Pacific referred to as Micronesia includes the Federated states of micronesia, Guam, Republic of kiribati, Mariana Islands, the Marshall islands, Nauru, Palau, and Wake Isle
Centre Stone Historic period	a menstruum of African prehistory between the Early Stone Age and the Later Stone Historic period, generally considered to take begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around l–25,000 years agone
mortars and pestles	a mortar is a bowl and pestle is an object used to grind confronting the sides of the mortar; they are commonly made of hard fabric such as stone and are ofttimes used to prepare nutrient a pestle known as the Ambum Stone, c. 1500 B.C.East, Papua New Republic of guinea
Neanderthals	an extinct species of humans named after the site in which their basic were first discovered—the Neander Valley in Germany; they existed between c. 120,000–35,000 years ago
Neolithic period	literally ways "New Stone Age," and dates from the sixth–4th millennium B.C.East.
Neolithic Revolution	dates to c. x,00–iii,000 B.C.Eastward, and refers to when humans began to settle into communities, domesticate animals, and grow crops
nomad	an private who roams about without a fixed residence
oryx	a large grazing antelope
paddle-and-anvil technique	a method of smoothing and finishing the walls of mitt-fabricated pottery; the anvil is held against the inner walls while a paddle is used to shape the outer surface
Paleolithic	literally ways "Former Stone Historic period," and dates from c. two.5 millions years ago–x,000 B.C.E. It predates the Neolithic flow
petroglyph	a rock engraving in which an image has been pecked or cut into the stone Petroglyph from Tamgaly Gorge, dating from the second half of the second millennium B.C.E.–20th century, Kazakhstan
Polynesian Triangle	stretches from Hawai'i in the due north to Aotearoa (New Zealand) in the south, and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the due east
potsherds	fragments of pottery
prehistoric	literally means earlier the invention of writing
sacrum	the large triangular bone at the base of operations of the spine Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
shaman	a kind of priest or healer with powers involving the ability to communicate with spirits of other worlds
Shang Dynasty	the primeval Chinese dynasty verified by scholars, ruling from c. 1600–1050 B.C.Eastward.
simting bilong tumbuna	literally translates as the "bones of the ancestors"; Enga term for a class of cult objects which were used as powerful ritual mechanisms where ancestors reside
slipped pottery	made up of tiny particles of clay suspended in water and tin exist colored with iron oxide or other minerals to decorate the surface of a pot
stele	a vertical stone monument or marker ofttimes inscribed with text or relief carving Anthropomorphic stele, Saudi Arabia, quaternary millennium BCE
stratigraphic archaeology	the study of stratification, or layers deposited ane atop another over time
temper	oftentimes sand or other added materials, temper reduces the elasticity of clay (how much it shrinks) and helps to avoid cracking during the firing procedure
Therianthrope	a supernatural beast that is part animal and function man
trilithon	a pair of upright stones with a lintel stone spanning their tops
twisted perspective	when creature bodies are depicted in profile while nosotros see the horns from a more frontal viewpoint Left wall of the Hall of Bulls, Lascaux 2 (replica), original cave: c. 16,000-14,000 B.C.Eastward.