ARCH HISTORY Exam 1 Flashcards
Square city kind of layered on top of itself
Çatalhöyük 7,400-6,000 BCE No architect Turkey Neolithic
Stone circular houses/community, now covered in grass
Skara Brae c. 3000 BCE No architect Orkney Islands, Scotland Neolithic
lobed temple with outer stereobates
Hagar Qim c. 3600-2500 BCE No architect Malta Neolithic
underground burial complex (lobes)
Hypogeum of Hal Saflieni c. 3600-2500 BCE No architect Malta Neolithic
monolith structure
Stonehenge 3000-1500 BCE No architect Salisbury Plain, England Neolithic
mound of dirt, originally manmade hill with temple on top
White Temple of Anu and its ziggurat c. 3400-3000 BCE No Architect Uruk Mesopotamian/Sumerian
big segmented triangular structure on large complex
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser c. 2650 BCE Architect: Imhotep Saqqara, Egypt Old Kingdom Egyptian
large rectangular temple with alternating hypostyle halls and courts within a larger precinct, includes obelisks and pylons
Temple of Amun-Ra c. 1579-1075 BCE No architect Karnak, Egypt New Kingdom Egyptian
the one you drew
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut c. 1480 BCE Architect: Senenmut Deir el-Bahri, Egypt New Kingdom Egyptian
talud y tablero pyramid within large courtyard
Temple of the Feathered Serpent c. 100 CE No architect Teotihuacan, Mexico Teotihuacan
really really large stepped pyramid over cave, with courtyard
Pyramid of the Sun c. 100 CE No architect Teotihuacan, Mexico Teotihuacan
large stepped pyramid in front of mountain, smaller pyramids along avenue
Pyramid of the Moon c. 200-400 CE No Architect Teotihuacan, Mexico Teotihuacan
smaller very stepped pyramid with long temple on top
Temple of the Inscriptions c. 680 CE No architect Palenque, Mexico Maya
snake stairs temple
El Castillo c. 890 CE, No architect Chichén Itzá, Mexico Maya
dome shaped religious structure for walking
Great Stupa Mid-3rd century BCE and c. 150-50 BCE No architect Sanchi, India Buddhist
temple within hill
Cave-Temple of Shiva c. 590 CE No architect Elephanta, India Hindu
labyrinth complex, inverted columns
Palace Complex, c. 2000-1375 BCE
No architect
Knossos, Crete; Minoan
corbelled gate with significant decoration
Lion Gate c. 1300 BCE No architect Mycenae, Greece Mycenaean
pointy round underground tomb with cut out hall approaching it
Treasury of Atreus c. 1330-1250 BCE No architect Mycenae, Greece Mycenaean
greek temple with odd number of columns on front, exaggerated doric
Temple of Hera c. 550-540 BCE No architect; Paestum/Poseidonia, Italy Archaic Greece
planned city on hill
Priene, c. 350 BCE, No architect
Priene, Ionian Coast (Turkey)
Greek
temple complex on outcrop within city
The Acropolis c. 459-420 BCE No architect Athens, Greece Classical Greek
THE TEMPLE
Parthenon (Temple of Athena Parthenos) 447-432 BCE Architects: Iktinos and Kallikrates Athens, Greece Classical Greek
multilevel greek temple with the ladies
The Erechtheion 421-406 BCE Architect: Mnesicles Athens, Greece Classical Greek
greek temple with one column on axis
Temple of Apollo Epicurius c. 450-425 BCE Architect: Iktinos Bassae, Greece Classical Greek
horseshoe shaped temple, now in Berlin
Great Altar of Zeus c. 181-159 BCE No architect Pergamon, Turkey Hellenistic Greek
