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anthromorphic

  • resembling human form, but not in itself human

  • having human characteristics

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archaeology

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burin

a pointed tool used for engraving or incising (scratching)

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ceramic

  • generally made by taking mixtures of clay, earthen elements, powders, and water and shaping them into desired forms

  • once the ceramic has been shaped, it is fired in a high temp oven called a kiln

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cong

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henge

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incised

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megalith

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post-and-lintel

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relief sculpture

  • figures projecting from a background of which they are part of

  • low, high, and sunken relief

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sculpture in the round

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shamanism

the belief that certain people (shamans) can travel outside of their bodies in order to mediate between the worlds of living and the spirits

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stele

an upright stone slab used to mark a grave or a site

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stylized

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terracotta

  • unglazed, typically brownish-red earthenware, used chiefly as an ornamental building material and in modeling

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twisted perspective

when part of the figure is shown in profile while another part of the same figure is shown frontally; also known as composite view

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paleolithic

paleo: “old”

lithos: “stone”

  • 30,000-8,000 B.C.E. (Near East)

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neolithic

“new stone”

  • 8,000-3,000 B.C.E. (Near East)

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great hall of the bulls (lascaux cave paintings)

  • lascaux, dordogne, France

  • 15,000-13,000 B.C.E.

  • pigment on stone

<ul><li><p>lascaux, dordogne, France </p></li><li><p>15,000-13,000 B.C.E. </p></li><li><p>pigment on stone</p></li></ul><p></p>
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running horned woman

  • tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria

  • 6,000-4,000 BC

  • rock painting

<ul><li><p>tassili n’Ajjer, Algeria</p></li><li><p>6,000-4,000 BC</p></li><li><p>rock painting</p></li></ul><p></p>
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apollo 11 stones

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altamira cave paintings

  • santander, spain

  • 12,000-11,000 B.C.E.

  • pigment on stone

<ul><li><p>santander, spain </p></li><li><p>12,000-11,000 B.C.E.</p></li><li><p>pigment on stone</p></li></ul><p></p>
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beaker with ibex motifs

  • susa, southwestern iran

  • 4,200-3,500 BC

  • terracotta

<ul><li><p>susa, southwestern iran </p></li><li><p>4,200-3,500 BC</p></li><li><p>terracotta </p></li></ul><p></p>
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camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine

  • tequizquiac, central mexico

  • 14,000-4,000 B.C.E.

  • bone

  • made from the new fossilized remains of the sacrum of an extinct camelid

<ul><li><p>tequizquiac, central mexico</p></li><li><p>14,000-4,000 B.C.E.</p></li><li><p>bone</p></li><li><p>made from the new fossilized remains of the sacrum of an extinct camelid</p></li></ul><p></p>
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anthropomorphic stele

  • arabian peninsula

  • fourth millennium B.C.E. sandstone

<ul><li><p>arabian peninsula </p></li><li><p>fourth millennium B.C.E. sandstone</p></li></ul><p></p>
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jade cong

  • liangzhu, china

  • 3300-3200 B.C.E.

  • carved

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the ambum stone

  • ambum valley, enga province, papua new guinea

  • 1500 B.C.E.

  • greywacke

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tiatilco female figurine

  • central mexico, site of tlatilco

  • 1200-900 B.C.E.

  • ceramic with traces of pigment

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terracotta fragment

  • lapita, from the solomon islands

  • 1000 BC

  • terra cotta

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apadana

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bas-relief

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capital

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cella

(central hall)

  • chamber at center of a temple set aside for divinity

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cuneiform

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facade

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ground plan

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hierarchy of scale

  • the greater the height of the figures are, the greater importance they are

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lamassu

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negative space

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register

  • long, thin band, like basquiat triptych

  • read from bottom left-right and up

  • least important people would be at bottom

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votive

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ziggurat

  • a monumental platform for a temple

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SABHAPS

  • sumerian

  • akkadian

  • babylonian

  • hittite

  • assyrian

  • persian

  • susanian

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white temple and ziggurat

  • iraq

  • mud brick

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female head (possibly inanna)

  • iraq

  • marble

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warka vase

  • iraq

  • alabaster

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statuettes of worshippers

  • iraq

  • gypsum, shell, black limestone

  • votive offerings of men and women - images dedicated to the Gods

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Standard of Ur

  • Ur Iraq (Southern Mesopotamia), 2600 BCE 

  • Wood, shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone Standard: Banner to be paraded after a victory 

  • All of the materials come from different countries (shows extensive trade)

    • Lapis Lazuli from Afghanistan 

    • Shells from Persian gulf 

    • Red Limestone from India 

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bull-headed lyre

  • royal cemetary ur

  • wood, gold leaf, lapis lazuli

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