Lecture 4: Mesopotamia

Slide List
  1. Map: Western Asia, 8000-700 BC.
  2. Jericho: Wall showing superimposed layers. Jericho, Israel. c. 7000 BC
  3. Jericho: First Settlement; plan of site and excavated portion of wall. Jericho, Israel. c.7500 BC
  4. Head from Jericho. Jericho, Jordan. c. 7000-6000 BC (H&F 1.15)
  5. Jericho: Section and perspective view. Wall and Tower. Jericho, Jordan. c.7500 BC (Kostof 3.4b)
  6. Catal Huyuk: Frescoes. Catal Huyuk. Anatolian Plateau, Turkey. Neolilthic Period
  7. Catal Huyuk: Restored view of Third Shrine. Catal Huyuk. Anatolian Plateau, Turkey. Neolithic (c6500-5650 BC)
  8. Catal Huyuk: Reconstruction of section of settlement.Catal Huyuk. Anatolian Plateau, Turkey. Neolithic (c6500-5650 BC) (H&F 1.18)
  9. Mother Goddess from Catal Huyuk. Terra cotta. 7.5" Head is a reconstruction. c. 6000BC
  10. Ur: plan. Ur, (Iraq). Residential area southeast of the royal mausolea in the twentieth century BC. (Kostof 3.10)
  11. Ur: Schematic plan of city. Ur, (Iraq). Second millennium BC (kostof 3.9)
  12. Ur: Plan. Residential quarter between the ziggurat precinct and the West Harbor. Ur, (Iraq). Second millennium BC (Kostof 3.11)
  13. Sketch plans of palaces and ziggurats. Sketch plans showing the relationship of ziggurat and royal palace: (A) at Ur, c. 2000 BC; (B) at Assur, c. 1800 BC; (C) at Assur, c. 1200 BC; and (D) at Khorsabad, c. 700 BC. Lighter hatching indicates palaces; the darker hatching, ziggurats.
  14. Mnaidra Temple: plan. Mnaidra, Malta. c. 3000-2000 BC
  15. Mnaidra Temple, exterior: temple entrance.
  16. Plans of Gantija, Mnajdra, Malta.
  17. Stonehenge: Drawing showing technique for raising a Sarsens stone. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England. c.2100-2000 BC.
  18. Stonehenge: Drawing of third phase with Sarsen stones and Trilithons. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England. c.2100-2000 BC.
  19. Stonehenge: Heelstone through outer circle. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England. c.2100-2000 BC
  20. Map: Southern England with inset of Stonehenge vicinity. (Kostof 2.21)
  21. Stonehenge: Drawing of Second Phase. Double circle of bluestones c. 2100. Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England.
  22. Stonehenge: Drawing of Fourth Phase. Holes and bluestones added c. 1550 BC
  23. Stonehenge: Drawing showing technique for raising a lintel to the top of two sarsens. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England. c. 2750-1500 BC
  24. Stonehenge: General View. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England. c. 2750-1500 BC
  25. Stonehenge: View of Whole. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England. C. 2750-1500 BC
  26. Stonehenge: Drawing of Earliest Phase. Bank and ditch c. 3100 BC. Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain, England.
  27. Terra Amata: Prehistoric Hut. Reconstruction Drawing. Terra Amata. France. c. 400,000 BC
  28. Carnac: General View. Stone alignments. Carnac, northwestern France. c. Third millennium BC
  29. Residential Architecture: Mammoth Bone Dwelling. Exterior view of entrance. Mezhirich, Ukraine.
  30. Residential Architecture: Mammoth Bone Dwelling. Exterior view: rear. Mezhirich, Ukraine.
  31. Hagiar Kim: General View. Neolithic Temple. Malta.
  32. Map: Mesopotamia. (Kostof 3.8)
  33. Nippur: Map on clay tablet. Nippur, (Iraq). c. 1500 BC