The document provides an overview of assignments for an art history class covering prehistoric art during the Stone Age periods of Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic. It discusses key sites and artworks from these early periods, including cave paintings from Lascaux Cave in France dating to around 15,000 BCE showing paintings of bulls and a bird-headed man. Settlements like Catalhoyuk in Turkey from 7400-6200 BCE represent the transition to more permanent Neolithic settlements with specialized crafts and early metalworking.