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decorated ocher
blombos cave, south africa
75000 BC
paleolithic
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lion man
Hohenstein stable, germany
35000 BC
Paleolithic
mammoth ivory |
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woman of willendorf
austria
24000 BC
Paleolithic
limestone, painted with red ocher |
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spotted horses and human hands
pêche merle cave, dordogne, france
25000 BC
Paleolithic
painted on wall, black dot contour |
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hall of bulls
Lascaux, france
15000 BC
Paleolithic
limestone on ceiling
bulls, deer, horses |
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Reconstruction drawing of a house
catalhoyuk, turkey
7000 BC
Neolithic
large wooden beams to support roof, enter house thru roof, limited natural light, walls made of mortared brick |
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men taunting a deer
catalhoyuk, turkey
6000 BC
Neolithic
wall painting, dangerous game of ritual |
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stonehedge
2500 BC
salisbury plain, Wiltshire, england
neolithic
bluestone in early phases to sarsen stone
site of ceremonies linked to burial and death
large rocks are called megaliths |
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head of a woman
3200 BC
Uruk, modern Warka
marble, stark white mask,
Sumerian, Mesopotamia |
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twelve votive figures
2700 BC
Square temple, eshnunna Iraq
limestone, alabaster, gypsum
skirts, conelike bodies, curved shoulders, thin arms |
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head of an akkadian ruler
2700 BC
Akkadian art, mesopotamia
Nineveh, iraq
copper alloy (cast bronze, copper and tin) lost wax casting |
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steal of naram sin
2250 BC
sippar, iram
Akkadian Art, Mesopotamia
limestone stone slab |
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nanna ziggurat
2100 BC
Ur, iraq
Neo- Sumerian art, mesopotamia
mud brick faced with kiln- dried brick set with bitumen
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stele of hammurabi
1750 BC
sippar, iraq
Babylonian art, mesopotamia
basalt, engraved stone tablet
code of Hammurabi |
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Ashurbanipal and his queen in the garden
645 BC
palace at Nineveh, iraq
Assyrian art, Mesopotamia
alabaster panels |
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persepolis
500 BC
iran
ceremonial complex
persian art, mesopotamia
grid plan, like Egyptian and greek cities
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apadana
518 BC
persian art, mesopotamia
ceremonial complex in Iran
set above complex of Persepolis on second terrace had open porches for thousands of people |
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darius and xerexes
491 BC
limestone
persian art, mesopotamia
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