Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each claim about cave art: supported by evidence or projection?
Groups: Supported by the evidence · Modern projection
- The painters worshipped a horned fertility god
- People made repeated, difficult journeys into deep chambers
- Painted species often differ from the animals eaten
- Some images use shading and overlap to suggest depth
Hints
- Effort, technique and chronology are measurable.
- Modern institutions and named beings are projections.
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Supported by the evidence: People made repeated, difficult journeys into deep chambers, Painted species often differ from the animals eaten, Some images use shading and overlap to suggest depth
Modern projection: The painters worshipped a horned fertility god
Why
Effort, mismatch, technique, and chronology are all measurable. Gods and galleries are our furniture, carried into their dark and left there.
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