{"id":659,"date":"2024-06-22T10:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T10:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/?p=659"},"modified":"2024-11-25T12:23:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T12:23:29","slug":"the-cave-of-altamira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/2024\/06\/22\/the-cave-of-altamira\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cave of Altamira"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uncovering the details of human life during the Paleolithic Age poses significant challenges, as this period predates the development of writing. As a result, scholars depend on the archaeological record and studies of present-day hunting and foraging societies to draw conclusions about human lifeways during this era. In this activity, you will have the opportunity to examine some of this archaeological evidence. The images below are photographs of cave paintings from Altamira, Spain (c. 15,000 BCE), which offer valuable insights into the symbolic and cultural expressions of early humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you analyze the images, consider the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why did the inhabitants paint these images?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What purpose did these cave paintings serve?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How are these images examples of reflective thinking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/whpforms\/whpsource.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Primary Source Analysis Form<\/a> <\/strong>when finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Source: Ancient Art Archive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientartarchive.org\/altamira-cave-spain\/\">https:\/\/www.ancientartarchive.org\/altamira-cave-spain\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cave Art 101 | National Geographic\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZjejoT1gFOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Day Pictures Were Born \u2013 Discovery of Altamira\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/doA7OU9RnZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Cave of Altamira &#8211; Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/03altamira3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uncovering the details of human life during the Paleolithic Age poses significant challenges, as this period predates the development of writing. As a result, scholars depend on the archaeological record and studies of present-day hunting and foraging societies to draw conclusions about human lifeways during this era. In this activity, you will have the opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-140-primary-sources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1063,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eccser.org\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}