front 1 | back 1 Corbeled Arches |
front 2 | back 2 Post and Lintel |
front 3 | back 3 - çatalhöyük Excavation - 7,400 BCE - people were buried under houses, a lot of artifacts from it (people started focusing more on ancestors, first started settling down) - Homes made of mudbrick and wood, no place for waste so illness rates rise - no formal door, just entrance hatches on top for people to go into + let smoke rise out from - all buildings connected |
front 4 | back 4 - çatalhöyük landscape detail - 6,150 BCE - one of the first landscapes, possibly depicts volcano or animal skin (nearby volcano active at the time) - people cared about more than just nature |
front 5 | back 5 - Human Skull Portrait - 7200-6700 BCE - platser, paint, and seashells - çatalhöyük, ancestor or spirit worship |
front 6 | back 6 - Man Taunting a Deer - c. 6000BCE - Pigment on plaster wall - çatalhöyük, still no groundline and a twisted view - Humans shown more in art, scale is off - still hunting, partially nomadic |
front 7 | back 7 - Exterior view of Newrange - 3000-2500BCE - Stone |
front 8 | back 8 - Interior view of Newrange - 3000-2500BCE - Stone carvings - probably a burial space and afterlife meaning - Spiral=never ending, on winter solstice, the sun goes straight through passageways |
front 9 | back 9 - Stonehenge - c.2900-1500BCE - Stone, 24' high. Posts and lintels - Blue stones carried from miles away, og function is assumed to be a burial space. Religion + sacred spaces |
front 10 | back 10 - Stone wall at Jericho - 8000-7000BCE - First documentation of walls, one of the oldest neolithic cities |
front 11 | back 11 - Human Figure - likely represents spirits because genderless, eyes wide open indicate life |