Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Asphalt, Posthole, Mudbrick
31 Mar 2017
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Unit 1. 2: neolithic and early urban characteristics, 10,000-5000 bc. Capacity to move goods easily and quickly cheaper to go by water than by land. Different conditions in the various environmental conditions what u can do in the desert is very different from what u can do in mountains. Typically small settlements (10-20 houses, 100 people or less, 1 hectare=2. 47acres) A small number of large villages (jericho, ay n , g bekli tepe, atalh y k) Houses were round - sunk because it kept it cool, and it was easier to have structural strengths. Eventually houses became rectangular, more complex shift of architectural design implies urban development. Ideas are shifting of how people identify themselves - self identifying through place. Jericho is an example of a tell site. Fortification wall around the city, large tower built inside of the walls. Laborers, architecture, project manager implies social stratification, division of labour.
