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Neolithic Period in China

October 1, 2004

By Department of Asian Art

Of all aspects of the Neolithic cultures in eastern China, the use of jade made the most lasting contribution to Chinese civilization.

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Pachmari Hills (ca. 9000–3000 B.C.)

October 1, 2000

By Laura Anne Tedesco

While the majority of paintings in the Pachmari Hills are from historic periods, the earliest Mesolithic depictions provide visually rich and compelling images of the natural environment and some aspects of Mesolithic life.

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Jiahu (ca. 7000–5700 B.C.)

October 1, 2000

By Laura Anne Tedesco

The sound of the flutes is alleged to lure cranes to a waiting hunter.

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Hasanlu in the Iron Age

October 1, 2004

By Laura Anne Tedesco

The remains discovered at Hasanlu demonstrate that it was a major local center of commerce and artistic production with close ties to other political and creative centers of the Near East during the early first millennium B.C.

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Jōmon Culture (ca. 10,500–ca. 300 B.C.)

October 1, 2002

By Department of Asian Art

The increased production of female figurines and phallic images of stone, as well as the practice of burying the deceased in shell mounds, suggest a rise in ritual practices.

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Prehistoric Cypriot Art and Culture

October 1, 2004

By Colette Hemingway and Séan Hemingway

During the Late Bronze Age, Cyprus was also an important center for the manufacture of works of art that show an amalgam of local and foreign influences. Stylistic features and iconographic elements borrowed from Egypt, the Near East, and the Aegean are often mixed together in Cypriot works.

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Lecture on Cycladic and Early Greek Art at Metropolitan Museum

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Instruments of Macabre Origin

July 7, 2014

By Ken Moore

Ken Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge of the Department of Musical Instruments, highlights the use of human remains in musical instruments in Africa and Tibet.

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Metropolitan Museum Celebrates 35th Anniversary of Packard Collection Acquisition

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The Magic of Signs and Patterns in North African Art

October 1, 2004

By Salwa Mikdadi

By combining signs with magical numbers or stylizing traditional symbols, contemporary artists tap the unconscious to create abstract work that references the past and present.