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“before written history”
Prehistory means
PALEOLITHIC PERIOD (OLD STONE AGE)
start of cave drawings/paintings, use stone tools, sculptures of female figures
MESOLITHIC PERIOD (MIDDLE STONE AGE)
start of domesticating animals and crops, use of red ochre and geometric designs, first cemeteries
NEOLITHIC PERIOD (NEW STONE AGE)
start of permanent communities, making of megaliths (stonehedge), Angono petroglyphs
MESOPOTAMIA
1st writing system (cuneiform), building of ziggurats, relief sculptures
ANCIENT EGYPT
Led by Pharaohs
Centered on their gods
Development of hieroglyphics
pyramids
tombs for the pharaohs
logography
symbols
alphabetic
letters
sphinx
cat shaped body with human head
sarcophagus
coffins
Mummification
body is wrapped so the soul will return to the body
greek sculptures
Perfect proportions, used to inspire
Doric
simple
Ionic
scroll
Corinthian
fancy
Parthenon
built in honor of Athena (no building, just columns
greek pottery
Hand painted designs
greek architecture
Post and lintel construction method
roman sculptures
Sculpted portraits or bust sculptures, used to remember
roman pottery
engraved, coarse ware (regular) and fine ware (special)
roman architecture
Arches and barrel vault construction method
Amphitheaters
Colosseum/Coliseum
Pantheon
roman temple, with building
Coffers
recessing panels
Oculus
ten-meter hole at the top of the dome
Basilicas
ancient roman public building: church