ART 1001 Lecture : Lecture 3 Study Guide
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Paleolithic period = early stone age (from about 35,000 b. c. e. to 8,000 b. c. e. ) Mesolithic period = middle stone age (from about 8,000 b. c. e. to 6,000 b. c. e. ) Neolithic period = late stone age (eastern mediterranean: 6,000 b. c. e. to 3,500 b. c. e. ) fixed abodes and domestication of plants and animals; village cultures surrounded by fields; change from hunter to herdsman. Neolithic structures: dolmen: tomb structures consisting of rows of stones, planted vertically in the ground, covered with a slab, cromlech: huge stones arranged in a circle. Radiocarbon dating = invented in 1955, it is based on the fact that living organisms continually absorb carbon isotopes. River valley cultures: tigris and euphrates in mesopotamia / nile delta of egypt ziggurat is stepped temple structure made of sun-dried brick; it is typical for mesopotamian civilizations (sumer, babylonia, etc. ) Bull was considered a symbol of fertility and strength, revered through the new east and the. Hammurabi, the first ruler to establish codified (written) laws.
