ARCH 249 Texas A&M Exam 1
Mudbrick - ANS-Sun-dried brick used for construction in adobes
Post-and-lintel - ANS-a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a
horizontal beam (lintel)
Paleolithic Period(Old Stone Age) - ANS-12000 bce
Neolithic Period - ANS-the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 B.C.; also
called the New Stone Age. Had farming
intramural burial - ANS-Pertaining to graves located within the confines of a monument,
like in Stonehenge
megalithic - ANS-large rocks, usually referring to large rock structures like the Lion Gate
or Stonehenge
corbeling - ANS-An overlapping arrangement of bricks or stones in which each course
extends farther out from the vertical of the wall than the course below.
Mortise-and-tenon - ANS-a groove cut into stone or wood, called a mortise, that is
shaped to receive a tenon, or projection, of the same dimensions.
Altar - ANS-n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or
incense burned.
baked brick - ANS-A different building material. Unlike the sun dried adobe, baked brick
could withstand rain, making it more permanent.
Bastion - ANS-a strong defense or fort
Battered Walls - ANS-walls built so that they slope inward toward the top.
bitumen - ANS-The heaviest, thickest form of petroleum. Put onto walls to protect
architect and bond things together.
buttress - ANS-(n.) a supporting structure
Mudbrick - ANS-Sun-dried brick used for construction in adobes
Post-and-lintel - ANS-a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a
horizontal beam (lintel)
Paleolithic Period(Old Stone Age) - ANS-12000 bce
Neolithic Period - ANS-the final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 B.C.; also
called the New Stone Age. Had farming
intramural burial - ANS-Pertaining to graves located within the confines of a monument,
like in Stonehenge
megalithic - ANS-large rocks, usually referring to large rock structures like the Lion Gate
or Stonehenge
corbeling - ANS-An overlapping arrangement of bricks or stones in which each course
extends farther out from the vertical of the wall than the course below.
Mortise-and-tenon - ANS-a groove cut into stone or wood, called a mortise, that is
shaped to receive a tenon, or projection, of the same dimensions.
Altar - ANS-n. Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or
incense burned.
baked brick - ANS-A different building material. Unlike the sun dried adobe, baked brick
could withstand rain, making it more permanent.
Bastion - ANS-a strong defense or fort
Battered Walls - ANS-walls built so that they slope inward toward the top.
bitumen - ANS-The heaviest, thickest form of petroleum. Put onto walls to protect
architect and bond things together.
buttress - ANS-(n.) a supporting structure
