Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World
porous enough to let rain in, at least as long as the angle of the roof ’s pitch was great enough to allow water to fl ow off ra ...
chief residences was found in Scotland from the fi rst century b.c.e. to the second c.e. Known as a broch, this structure was a ...
Period, which began in roughly 600 b.c.e. During the Archaic Period and the earlier part of the Classical Period, structures wer ...
actors could dress. Th e theater at Epidaurus is one of the best- known Greek theaters, and it survives almost entirely as it wa ...
ideals into American life, early American architects tended to copy the Greek orders. As these styles evolved, the goal for Gree ...
inated were more rural; they preferred what they considered the sturdier, more “manly” Doric style. Th ey resisted Ionic ar- chi ...
ROME BY FRANCESCA C. TRONCHIN Th e remains of Roman architecture are enormously varied, from the most humble one-room home in Po ...
Concrete—a mixture of lime, volcanic ash, stones, a binding agent, and water—had been in use on a minor scale in Mesopotamia, bu ...
judges could preside over trials or other business on a raised platform at one end of the interior, called a tribunal. Court cas ...
hot air was directed into the open space. Public and private baths alike were usually sumptuously decorated with multi- colored ...
ground-fl oor apartments were well appointed and large, while the units on the upper fl oors were smaller, some having only a si ...
pre-Columbian Mesoamericans did not use horses as beasts of burden, basalt stone was moved solely by human eff ort from the neig ...
in other cities, particularly those of the Maya, it is important to remember that the city was also infl uenced by others. Th e ...
porary New York City, Mayan urban planning was more akin to the winding cities of old Europe. Furthermore, the Maya created no s ...
86 architecture: The Americas as the Chavín (900–200 b.c.e.), Paracas (600–175 c.e.), and Moche (100–600 c.e.) cultures. Th e ec ...
art: introduction 87 complex than the hill-like mound structures built else- where. Schematically, its design resembles an amphi ...
world. Thus, the depictions of hunts could be attempts to make successful hunts reality. Th is supernatural interpretation of an ...
found in eastern and southern Africa and were the work of the San, sometimes called the Bushmen, who still populate parts of sou ...
idea of who did. Th is means that the history of the art of an- cient Africa is very fragmented and incomplete. NUBIA Nubia is a ...
lived Twenty-Fift h Dynasty of Egypt. During this period Kushite artists blended Egyptian art styles into their own. When large ...
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