4.) Running horned woman(6000-4000BCE), pigment on rock, Tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria

Form

-Composite view of the body -Dots may reflect body paint applied for ritual.

Content

--More than 15,000 drawings and engravings found on this site -At one time the area was a grassland; climate change has turned it into a desert -Some drawings are naturalistic, some abstract; some Negroid features, some Caucasian ones.

Function

Documentation: -A piece used to emphasize the importance of survival. a recognition of the relationship between animals and humans

Context

Context

Additional Information

--One of the earliest and best surviving examples of Neolithic painting. -The massif it was found in was so secluded and so hard to access that the discovery team concluded that the painting was in an area that was a sanctuary of the female figure. -Her attire, which includes horns, and white parallel patterns on her arms and waist, indicate that the garments and decorations are made from raffia. -Horns are shown in a twisted perspective: which is a common technique used in the paleolithic period.