Discuss some of the earliest human markings dating from the early Paleolithic to the Neolithic period

Discussion on the history of graphic design?

“Marks, Symbols, Pictures, or Letters drawn or written upon a surface or substrate became a graphic counterpart of the spoken word or unspoken thought”. (Meggs’ History of Graphic Design, page 6).

Answer the following questions:

a) Discuss some of the earliest human markings dating from the early Paleolithic to the Neolithic period (35,000 to 4,000 BCE).

b) Discuss with reference to TWO different cultures, some of the earliest written records in the form of pictographic drawings that we know of.

c) Write some historical remarks regarding:

(i) the invention of paper

and

(ii) the discovery of printing in Asia.

Each section needs to be 500 words each per explanation and it needs to have references in MLA format with in-text citations.

Papyrus

http://www.oxfordreference.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/view/10.1093/acref/9780195300826.001.0001/acref-9780195300826-e-0738

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

https://redice.tv/news/cave-of-forgotten-dreams-30-000-year-old-paleolithic-art-in-3d

Ptolemaic: Rosetta Stone

https://content.umuc.edu/file/4f0003c1-66ce-4447-b0f4-048527d7568a/1/Ptolemaic%20Rosetta%20Stone.html

The Premechanical Age

https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T389/ITHistoryOutline.htm

Hieroglyphics

http://www.ancientegyptianfacts.com/ancient-egyptian-hieroglyphics.html

The History and Art of Chinese Paper Making

https://www.ibookbinding.com/documentaries/the-history-and-art-of-chinese-paper-making-documentary/

The Origin of Writing

http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/writingorigin.htm

Neolithic Art

https://www.thoughtco.com/neolithic-art-history-183413

The Invention of Paper

http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/amp/collection/museum_invention_paper.htm

Cuneiform Tablet

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329081?high=on&rpp=30&pg=1&rndkey=20150209&ft=*&who=Sumerian&pos=2&imgno=0&tabname=label

Short History of Asia’s Influence on Type and Painting

http://elationpress.com/resources/short-history-of-asias-influence-on-type-and-printing/

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The Paleolithic and Neolithic periods were periods marked with a variety of art designs. These periods occurred between 35000 and 4000 BCE (Thoughtco). There were three major subdivisions of the stone age era. The three subdivisions of this era were: Paleolithic, Mesophilic and Neolithic periods (Thoughtco)…………………..

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