Week One- Pre-History

 

Week One- Pre-History

This week we learned about the Pre Historic time. the book talks about how this was a very interesting time. There was not a lot of built structure but people were still creative and designed things. Their homes were semi-permanent and mostly made out of either mud and thatch, stone, or a cave. One of the first times we see people decorating and making the space there is in the Lascaux Caves. This was a network of caves in France. These caves contained over 6,000 figures. This is really cool because we are able to see what people were able to do before modern techniques were invented! The picture below is a carving that was done in the caves of animals. Even though they had not figured out how to draw and paint in what looks like 3D they were able to carve in 3D!
The next period we learned about was the Neolithic period. This is the time of history when you see the big stones sticking out of the ground like in Stonehenge. This is actually called a Menhirs which is a fancy word for stones placed upright in the ground. Many times they were used for monuments or for a place of worship. Dolmens are two upright stones that has a single stone lying on top of it. The typical example is Stonehenge but I think the Poulnabrone Dolmen is also super cool. This is what it looks like:
This is what Stonehenge looks like now and what it used to look like as well:
Skara Brae is another place we learned about. It was a village during the Neolithic times in Scotland. There we 10 homes that were built with stone. They included things like sine hearths, beds, and cupboards! They also had a primitive sewer system. We are starting to see during this time that homes are becoming more permanent and people were adding things like beads and sculptures to their homes to decorate them. Here is what some of the homes look like now:

I did not know any of this information until I read the chapter which is pretty cool. I think my favorite thing I learned was in the book. It was about a hand axe that was made. the person who made it makes it symmetrical. the author of the book was talking about how interesting that was when the creator could have just picked up a sharp rock. But they did not. They took the time to make something beautiful 




Comments

  1. Sami FordSeptember 5, 2024 at 11:31 AM

    Those 3D carvings are so cool! I really appreciate all the pictures given as examples to help better understand the concepts. Also, I can tell how passionate and excited you are about what you learned which is amazing!

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  2. Eliana JohnsonSeptember 6, 2024 at 10:33 AM

    Beth, I love how you summarized everything in a way that all of the information was shared but not is a flowery way! I also love the before and after picture you added of the stone hedge and how much you knew about them!

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  3. KatieSeptember 6, 2024 at 2:59 PM

    This is an excellent summary of what we learned this week, and the pictures you used are incredible! They really helped to illustrate what things looked like in prehistoric times. Great job!

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  4. Professor VanderNoordaaSeptember 8, 2024 at 11:43 AM

    Bethany,
    Great summary of the information covered this week. Your wring was interesting and informative. I also appreciated your images. In future blogs please include current applications of the structures we study. 50/50 Total Points

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