Chap 1-2

Question 1

Base

Answer 1

Any support (bottom)

Question 2

Bitumen

Answer 2

An asphalt used as cement or mortar

Question 3

Capital

Answer 3

Sculptured block that tops (top)

Question 4

Citadel

Answer 4

Fortress

Question 5

Column

Answer 5

Used for support and decoration

Question 6

Cone mosaic

Answer 6

Surface decorated by pressing pieces of mosaic onto clay or plaster

Question 7

Crenellation

Answer 7

Notched walls

Question 8

Cuneiform

Answer 8

Ancient writing in the form of symbols, used by the Sumerians

Question 9

Cylinder seals

Answer 9

Cylinder stone incised with pictures (stamp)

Question 10

Filigree

Answer 10

Delicate, lacelike, ornamented work

Question 11

Glazed

Answer 11

Film of colored glass over surface

Question 12

Gold leaf

Answer 12

Paper thin sheets of hammered gold

Question 13

Glutting

Answer 13

To fill

Question 14

Hieratic scale

Answer 14

Size associated with importance

Question 15

High relief

Answer 15

Sculpture extruding a lot from background

Question 16

Incised

Answer 16

Being inscribed

Question 17

Inlays

Answer 17

Set with materials on surface

Question 18

Lost-wax casting

Answer 18

Hollow mold, wax flows out, etc

Question 19

Low relief monumental

Answer 19

Low relief on a monument

Question 20

Palace complex

Answer 20

Group of buildings where rulers governed and lived

Question 21

Pictographs

Answer 21

Simple pictures

Question 22

Registers

Answer 22

Horizontal bands on picture space

Question 23

Shafts

Answer 23

Vertical part of column

Question 24

Stele

Answer 24

Upright stone slab

Question 25

Stylized

Answer 25

To design in a style

Question 26

Stylus

Answer 26

Pointed writing instrument

Question 27

Terminals

Answer 27

Carvings at the end of something

Question 28

Torque

Answer 28

Collar, necklace, etc.

Question 29

Votive figures

Answer 29

Images dedicated to gods

Question 30

Ziggurat

Answer 30

Huge stepped structures with temple/shrine on top

Question 31

Abstraction

Answer 31

Reduction of shapes and appearance to basic but recognizable forms; not intended to be exact

Question 32

Cairn

Answer 32

Artificial hill

Question 33

Capstone

Answer 33

Table like rock

Question 34

Corbeling

Answer 34

Layers of stone laid on top in shape of arch

Question 35

Dolmen

Answer 35

Simplest megalithic tomb, post and lintel

Question 36

Henge

Answer 36

Circle of stones/posts, often surrounded by ditch

Question 37

Incising

Answer 37

Scratching figures onto a surface

Question 38

Low relief

Answer 38

Sculpture that extends slightly from background

Question 39

Menhir

Answer 39

An upright monument standing alone or with others

Question 40

Modeling

Answer 40

Shaping damp clay

Question 41

Neolithic

Answer 41

"new" stone age

Question 42

Paleolithic

Answer 42

"old" stone age (lower, middle, upper)

Question 43

Passage grave

Answer 43

Tomb entered by 1 or more passageways

Question 44

Post and lintel construction

Answer 44

Post (vertical), lintel (horizontal)

Question 45

Relative dating

Answer 45

Relies on chronological relationships among objects at excavation site

Question 46

Relief sculpture

Answer 46

Sculpture extending from background

Question 47

Sculpture in the round

Answer 47

Free standing sculpture surrounded by space, meant to be viewed from all sides

Question 48

Ware

Answer 48

Group of ceramic types based on texture, surface, decorations, etc.

Question 49

Sarsen

Answer 49

Grey sandstone

Question 50

Sarsen circle

Answer 50

Ring of sandstones

Question 51

Lithography

Answer 51

Stone carving

Question 52

Apadama

Answer 52

Huge meeting place; audience hall