HUM 104

This image is Venus of Willendorf. Her exaggerated breasts & stomach symbolize fertility or childbearing. Her belly button is a natural indentation of stone, not made from carving

• ^{The beaker w/ ibex is associated w/ the hunt & may symbolize plenty.}
• Front & hind legs of the ibex are made from 2 triangles, tail hangs like a feather, head is disconnected from the body & horns rise in a large, exaggerated arc to encircle a decorative circular form.
• Hounds race above the ibex.
• Wading birds form a decorative band across the beaker’s top

The Stonehenge, on the Salisbury Plain, is the most famous type of megalith is the cromlech from the Celtic, crom - circle & lech - place. The site at the Stonehenge reflects 4 major building periods, extending from about 2750 - 1500 BCE. The reason for it being made is still unknown, but is surely related to the summer solstice, connecting to harvest & planting.

The Buffalo Kachina is designed to increase the poplulation of fur-bearing animals in the ard environment of the Southwest

The Royal Standard of Ur depicts main panels of teh rectangular box of unknown function are called "War" & "Peace", illustrating a miltiary victory on one side & banquet celebration on the other.