ARTH Pearson Flashcards Unit 1

Question 1

passive grave

Answer 1

a prehistoric tomb under a cairn, access passageways

Question 2

radiometric dating

Answer 2

method of absolute dating by looking at how much radioactive materials have broken down over time

Question 3

absolute dating

Answer 3

assigning a precise historical date at which an object was made

Question 4

abstract

Answer 4

art that does not attempt to describe the apperance of visble forms

Question 5

alloy

Answer 5

mix of metals

Question 6

cairn

Answer 6

pile of stones

Question 7

capstone

Answer 7

a vault that joins the sides and completes a structure

Question 8

ceramics

Answer 8

covering everything made out of fired clay

Question 9

corbeled vault

Answer 9

an arched masonary structure that spans an interior space

Question 10

dolmen

Answer 10

prehistoric structure made up of 2 or more stones

Question 11

earthenware

Answer 11

a piece of low-fired, translucent pottery

Question 12

henge

Answer 12

a circular area enclosed by stones or wood posts set up by Neolithic peoples

Question 13

kiln

Answer 13

oven designed to produce enough heat to melt glass

Question 14

lintel

Answer 14

horizontal element carried by 2 or more supports to form an opening

Question 15

megalith

Answer 15

stone used in some prehistoric architecture

Question 16

post - and - lintel

Answer 16

archiectural system of construction with 2 or more vertical elements supporting a horizontal element

Question 17

potshred

Answer 17

a broken piece of ceramic ware

Question 18

relative dating

Answer 18

identifying the relative chronological links of excavated objects

Question 19

relief sculpture

Answer 19

3 dimensional image or design whose flat background is carved to a certain depth

Question 20

ridgepole

Answer 20

a longitudinal timber at the apex of a roof that supports the rafters

Question 21

thatch

Answer 21

plant materials tied over a framework of poles to make a roof

Question 22

wattle and daub

Answer 22

a method combining upright branches, woven with twigs (wattles) and plastered or filled with clay or mud (daub)