Arts and communication in hunting gathering societies

MHI-01: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL SOCITIES
Course Code: MHI-01
Assignment Code: MHI-01/AST/TMA/2016-17
Total Marks: 100

5. Write short notes on any two of the following in 250 words each: 10+10

i) Arts and communication in hunting gathering societies
ii) Nature of kingship in the Bronze Age societies
iii) The Roman Assembly
iv) Egyptian religion.

i) Arts and communication in hunting gathering societies

Hunting gathering as a way of life spans almost 98 per cent of the period of existence of humans on earth. Hominids have lived on earth for more than 2.5 million years. Starting from the earliest point we have covered the period up to 12000 years ago when the Palaeolithic period comes to an end. Archaeology and Anthropology help us in understanding developments during this period.

 

The most elaborate surviving art is in the form of rock or cave art. This is available in the form of drawings made on walls, ceiling or floor of caves. The engravings and colours have been used to draw them. The drawings mainly pertain to animal figures representing mammoths, deer, fishes, birds etc. Human figures are less frequently drawn. Many figures are drawn where different parts of different animals have been shown in one imaginary animal. Hunting scenes with weapons in the hands of hunters are also drawn. The most remarkable find of cave paintings is in Spain in the Altamira caves. Altamira meaning ‘high look out’ has an elaborate cave system. The paintings done on the ceiling had bison, horses, deer, wolves and boars.

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