Humanities Homework Help

Visit the website of the Lascaux complex of caves found in southwestern France and filled with some of the world’s most significant Paleolithic art: http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml (Links to an external site.)

Anthropologists date the site to around 15,000 years B.C.E., almost nine thousand years before the first urban settlement of Sumer. When visiting this website, go to the site map. Read the material found in “The Setting.” Then go on to a tour of the Cave: http://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en/visit-cave/diverticule-felins (Links to an external site.) There are various points where you can study individual sections in more depth. Take notes about the art and cave features.

Write an 250-400 word essay describing some of the art and features of the cave. Also, speculate as to how the Paleolithic inhabitants of the Lascaux valley may have used the cave. Do we have anything comparable in the contemporary world that serves a similar function? Your essay should be written formally (showing careful thought and consideration, citing course materials as appropriate, and written using proper grammar, mechanics, punctuation, spelling, etc.).