Midterm Images

Question 1

Stonehenge Image

Answer 1

• on salisbury plain in southern England
• example of complex megalithic monument
• circular area enclosed by stones or wood posts
• site started as a cemetary of cremation burials
• Continued to function as a domain of the dead
• Both Stonehenge and Durrington Walls are connected to tor Avon River by banked avenues
• Meaning of stonehenge rests within an understanding of the larger landscape that contained other ritual sites, and also sites of habituation
• consytcuted in 8 phases as part of a cemetary burials
• different stone used during each phase to indicate locations from which the stone was quarried
• current theories link it to death and burial

Question 2

Stele of Naram- Sin Image

Answer 2

• distinct artifact from the Stele of Hammurabi
• naram sin was an Akkadian King
• made of pink sandstone and features inscriptions in Akkadian cuneiform script
• art as spoils of war

-commemorates a military victory of Sargon’s grandson

• shown in hiearchic scale, size indicates a high level of importance

Question 3

Palette of Narmer

Answer 3

• dates back to the early dynastic period
• earliest knwon histroical documents from ancient Egypt
• palette is a flat, sheilf-shaped piece of slate
• decorated with relief carvings that depict various symbols
• histroical signifiance
• representing the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt