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what is the Paleolithic era times?
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“Venus” or Woman from Willendorf, Austria, c.22,000-21,000 BCE sculpture-in-the-round |
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Wall painting with horses, rhinoceroses, aurochs, Chauvet Cave, France, c. 28,000 BCE, paint on limestone |
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| Lascaux caves, France, c. 15,000-13,000 BCE |
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what is the Neolithic era times
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| prehistoric people of europe who lived in Europe from about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago |
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megalithic architecture describe |
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scricture of the neolithic period. Mega for "large" and lithos for "stone"
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stonehenge Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, c.2750-1500 BCE |
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post-and-lintel construction (define)
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| simple construction technique, also called "post and beam", where a horizontal member (the lintel) is supported by two vertical posts at either end |
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2 pieces that have indent and dedenting parts that fit in each other
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| he Sarsen Circle was originally made with 30 standing sarsen. They were spaced about 3 to 4.5 feet apart and stand about 13 feet above the ground. On top of these stones were sarsen lintels that formed a complete circle |
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| 35 ton sandstone moved from 23 miles away. |
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