Paleolithic Society

In this paper, the depictions of women in prehistoric art will be used to determine the traditions and lifestyles of prehistoric people in Paleolithic society. Although many discoveries of prehistoric art have been made, the difficulties in the analysis of the depictions of the images and thus the multiple interpretations of the same piece of artwork increase the challenge of providing definitive answers to the lives of prehistoric people. Nonetheless, the examination of the speculations raised by scholars, researchers and archaeologists in this paper offers a rich and complex source of information for further exploration.

II. Different Types of Art and the Depictions of Women

Prehistoric art can be primarily divided into two different types:

A. Removables: Figurines or other three-dimensional objects that were carved out of soft stone or parts of animals such as antlers and a mammoth's tusk (SAPAR

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rs of the artwork. For researchers such as Rice, the attempt to determine the gender identity of the creators of prehistoric art raises even more questions. Certainly, the revelation of the gender identity of the makers of the prehistoric art may offer additional clues to the function and purpose of these images: Are these images simply creations to honor the important role that women play in the practical lives of their society or do they serve a sacred function? If the makers of the prehistoric art were women, would they more likely celebrate their practical lifestyles or their mysterious powers by carving these images? On the other hand, if men were the creators of the art, were they demonstrating their appreciation of the women's secular contributions to their daily lives, or seeking to control their sacred powers by carving the female figurines (Rice 412)? Nonetheless, there are researchers who believe strongly that the creators of the prehistoric art were women. For example, McDermott maintains that the disproportionate bodily characteristics of the figurines can be explained by the fact that the artwork was self-generated. Essentially, the prehistoric women had created their own images through autogenous visual informat
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