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What are the time periods for Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic?

Where is Lascaux?

How were the figures at Lascaux created? Technique? Application of pigment?

Explain the theory behind the "twisted perspective" of the Lascaux bulls.

How is motion depicted by some Lascaux artists, as in the image of the Reindeer for example?

What is the prevailing theory behind the motive for the Lascaux imagery? (Why were they done?)

Why was Lascaux closed to the public? What happened to the images after the closure?

What is the significance of the discovery of Chauvet Cave?

What do the handprints at Pech-Merle signify, in theory?

What is the significance of the depiction of wounded animals?

Why does the Venus of Willendorf look the way she does?

What is the belief behind the emphasis on her breasts?

What are the differences between monoliths, dolmens and cromlechs?

What is t he theory behind the purpose of the alignment of menhirs at Carnac, France?

What is believed to have been the function of a dolmen?

What is a dolmen located underground called?

What do historians believe is the appeal of using monoliths in architecture?

What are the two prevailing theories behind the function of Stonehenge?

Where are most cromlechs located?

Why was the Great Serpent Mound created by the prehistoric Indians of North America?

What is believed to have inspired the Great Serpent Mound's shape and form?