Hut of Terra Amata

Terra Amata is an archaeological site near the french town of nice...

Terra Amata was an open site with finds of acheulean flint tools dating it to the lower paleolithic..It was excavated by a team of archaeologists led by Henry de Lumley..who believed the site contained a series of superimposed living floors and who interpreted arrangements of stones at the site as the foundations of huts or windbreaks. This interpretation would make them some of the earliest examples of human habitation ever found.However, as with other sites of possible human shelters, such as Grotte du Lazaret, the evidence is more conjectural than compelling. It is equally likely that that the stones were naturally deposited through stream flow, soil creep or some other natural process.Moreover,Paula Villa has demonstrated that stone artifacts from the different proposed living floors can be fitted together, showing that artifacts have moved up and down through the sediment column. Thus, the supposed living floor assemblages are most likely mixtures of artifacts from different time periods that have come to rest at particular levels. There is therefore compelling evidence that the site was subjected to relatively invasive post depositional processes, which may also be responsible for the stone 'arrangements'....

cave painting....

Cave Paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings, and the term is used especially for those dating to prehistoric times. The earliest known European cave paintings date to 32,000 years ago. The purpose of the cave paintings is not known. The evidence suggests that they were not merely decorations of living areas, since the caves in which they have been found do not have signs of ongoing habitation. Also, they are often in areas of caves that are not easily accessed. Some theories hold that they may have been a way of transmitting information, while other theories ascribe them a religious or ceremonial purpose.Every cave painting have own meaning... and something part of cave painting very beauty of drawing...huhuhu...People would probably never have known where the alphabets came from. Alphabets did not just exist. It took a long time to have cave paintings formed into alphabets. The existence of alphabets must have some correlation with cave paintings thousands of years ago. Alphabets could not have developed without the influence of cave paintings. Thus, to understand where and how alphabets had formed, we ought to track back to thousands of years ago.To understand where alphabets came we have to talk about the earliest writing that people called “cave painting.” You might have wondered what cave painting is and what did ancient people wrote or painted.The pictures of animals were attempts at honoring and appeasing the spirits of the animals that the group needed to kill in the hunt. The paintings were not in letters, it consisted of paintings of various animals. Cave paintings were mostly painted on rocks or floors in narrow caves. In addition, they were created during the Palaeolithic period from 40,000 B.C. to 10,000 B.C.

HISTORY AND THEORY....CAVE

A cave is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves. for types and formation caves are formed by geologic processes...mm....cave have two part...firstly is primary caves...this about some caves are formed at the same time as the surrounding rock. Kazumura Cave near Hilo is the longest and deepest lava tube of the world and also the eighth longest cave of the United States. Blister caves are also formed through volcanic activity. secondly is secondary caves and about formed inside the rock after the rock itself has formed by processes such as solution and erosion. Also known as littoral caves, they form from wave action along zones of weakness in sea cliffs......for this we see archaeological and social importance in caves...huhuhu......Throughout history, primitive peoples have made use of caves for shelter, burial, or as religious sites. Since items placed in caves are protected from the climate and scavanging animals, this means caves are an archaeological treasure house for learning about these people. In Germany some experts found signs of cannibalism in the caves at the Hönne. Caves are also important for geological research because they can reveal details of past climatic conditions in speleothems and sediment layers. Caves are frequently used today as sites for recreation. Caving, for example, is the popular sport of cave exploration. For the less adventurous, a number of the world's prettier and more accessible caves have been converted into show caves, where artificial lighting, floors, and other aids allow the casual visitor to experience the cave with minimal inconvenience. Caves have also been used for BASE jumping and cave diving.....before I forget, through out history,primitive peoples have made use of caves for shelter,burial, or as religious sites.....example since caves in Malaysia we can take to experiment exspecially for student is gua nia,gua puteri,gua harimau,gua dayak......

time review drawing part one..huhuuhu