Question

Can someone help with this? the last person who answer was improper. What makes the "prehistoric" era prehistoric, as you know, is that it took place before the existence of a written record. This often proves frustrating to students of art history, since we don't have any accounts of what these people believed, what (if any) religion they practiced, or what was important to them in their lives. Then how can we know? Please consider what archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians might use as evidence for some of the claims made by your textbook about life in the Paleolithic Era. Choose one work of art or architecture (just not 1-7, which is the subject of the supplementary discussion) and in 400 words discuss the prevailing theory of its function or purpose. Remember also to post replies to two of your classmates' essays.

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What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it? Images painted, drawn, or carved onto rocks and cave walls—which have been found across the globe—reflect one of humans’ earliest forms of communication, with possible connections to language development. The earliest known images often appear abstract and may have been symbolic, while later ones depicted animals, people, and hybrid figures that perhaps carried some kind of spiritual significance.

The oldest known prehistoric art wasn't created in a cave. Drawn on a rock face in South Africa 73,000 years ago, it predates any known cave art. However, caves themselves help to protect and preserve the art on their walls, making them rich historical records for archaeologists to study. And because humans added to cave art over time, many have layers—depicting an evolution in artistic expression

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