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exam 1 prehistoric- egypt
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Undergraduate 1
09/29/2009

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limestone
Definition
venus woman made of this
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polychrome
Definition
multiple colors in one entity
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relief
Definition
cut away the background and leave an image remaining
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bone, antler, ivory
Definition
many sculptures made from these
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charm, amulet
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good luck fertility symbols
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prehistoric
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before writing, can only speculate function and meaning of objects
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paleolithic
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old stone age
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idea of paintings
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paintings are magic; animals in power
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throwing stick
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had a sculpted handle, usually of an animal
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food, clothing, shelter
Definition
what early man was trying to achieve
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cro-magnon
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early humans
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willendorf
Definition
austria; where the venus woman statue was
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chew stick
Definition
they chewed on a stick until it broke up at the end then used it as a paintbrush
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lascaux
Definition
caves in france with paleolithic paintings
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altamira
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cave in spain with paleolithic paintings
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8000 BC
Definition
earliest large scale architecture
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jericho
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lebenon; early large scale architecture here
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stonehenge
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in england; post and lintle system
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2500 BC
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good year for stone things
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monolith
Definition
a single stone
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doleman
Definition
two verticles that hold up a horizontal
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post and lintel
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two verticles holdong a horizontal
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skulls
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plastered skulls were kept
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mesopotamia
Definition
meso- between; potamia- river
land between two rivers
4,000- 500 BC
ancient orient
modern day iraq
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tigris and euphrates
Definition
rivers in mesopotamia
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ziggurat
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early mesopotamian temples made of mud brick
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mud brick
Definition
dirt mud mixed with water; made into bricks left to dry and used to build things
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death pit
Definition
mass graves; royalty died and everything she had was killed and put in the grave with her
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architecture
Definition
arangement of materials to create space
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UR URAK
Definition
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alabaster
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white stone for carving small things; home gods
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gudea
Definition
leader in mesopotamia, a god, sumerian king
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naremsin
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stele
Definition
marker gravestone; boundary line to separate territory with a carving on it
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oriental
Definition
between europe and asia area
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diorite
Definition
gudea was carved from this
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cylindar seal
Definition
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wax-loss method
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code of hammurabi
Definition
statue with laws and rules; made of diorite
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lion gate
Definition
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lamassu
Definition
monster; part man, bull, lion, eagle; put in front of gates as guardians
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glazed brick
Definition
brick glazed and put into an oven made into ceramic
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iran
Definition
another name for persia; persepolis is in iran
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egypt
Definition
concurrent society
same years as mesopotamia
4,000- 500 BC
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pharoah
Definition
an egyptian king
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KA
Definition
the soul
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after life
Definition
the egyptians tried to preserve themselves and prepare for the after life
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anubis
Definition
god of the underworld; helped with embalming; jackel head
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mastaba
Definition
egyptian shaft tomb
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pyramid
Definition
type of tomb
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palette
Definition
earliest forms of egyptian art
king narmer
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zoser
Definition
early predenastic pharoah; burried in an old pyramid
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papyrus
Definition
crushed, rolled out, and dried and made into paper
columns were mafe to represent with papyrus
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nile river
Definition
runs north
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sphinx
Definition
head of khafre
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khufu, khafre, menkure
Definition
3 great pyramids
named after the 3 pharoahs buried in there
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genre
Definition
everyday life art
not of a king or queen or important person
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scribe
Definition
secretary
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stiff sculpture
Definition
made for the court
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heiroglyphs
Definition
picture writing of ancient egyptians
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rosetta stone
Definition
key to breaking code of heiroglyphs
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rock-cut
Definition
tomb cut into a rock; one entrance
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palace
Definition
a tomb
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hatshepsut
Definition
only woman pharoah
buried in a palace tomb
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faience
Definition
crushed quartz ceramic material
usually blueish
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anhk
Definition
symbol of life
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howard carter
Definition
found king tut's tomb
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akhenaten
Definition
new kingdom pharoah
different looking
monotheism; wanted everyone to only worship aten the sun god
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aten
Definition
sun god
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nefertiti
Definition
akhenaten's wife
head carved of limestone; painted; famous
beautiful
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stetite, diorite
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hard rocks
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isis and osiris
Definition
coffin art. gods to help with afterlife
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