ARCH 249 - Exam 1 - Glowacki - Fall Questions & answers

ARCH 249 - Exam 1 - Glowacki - Fall
mudbrick (sun-dried brick) - ANS-material

post and lintel - ANS-construction technique

Paleolithic Period - ANS-"Old Stone Age"

Neolithic Period - ANS-"New Stone Age"

intramural burial - ANS-graves located within the confines of a settlement

megalithic - ANS-construction with large stones

corbelling - ANS-courses of strone or brick in which each course projects beyond the
one beneath it.

mortise and tenon - ANS-a wood-joining method in which a projecting tongue (tenon) of
one member is fitted into a slot (mortise) of corresponding shape in another member

Mammoth bone houses
Ukraine
16000-10000 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

Lascaux Cave
France
15000 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

Gobekli Tepe
Turkey
9100-8100 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

Jericho

, Israel
8000 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

Catal Huyuk
Turkey
6500-5700 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

Newgrange Passage Grave
Ireland
3100 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

Stonehenge
England
2900-1400 BCE - ANS-What?
Where?
When?

baked brick (kiln-baked or kiln fired brick) - ANS-material

bastion - ANS-(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

battered walls - ANS-a wall that slopes inward as it rises

bitumen - ANS-natural occuring form of asphalt

buttress - ANS-

citadel - ANS-(n.) a fortress that overlooks and protects a city; any strong or
commanding place

composite creature - ANS-Creature made with assorted body parts from different
animals usually symbolizes a divinity