ARTHIST 101 1st Edition Lecture 3 Neolithic Era New Stone 8 000 to 4 000 BC Dominant turnaround and growing in cultures Begin to build towns and have the idea to breed animals instead of hunt them domestication Major growth in militaristic combat Maintain resources from other tribes Saharan rock painting paint on limestone Tassili Algeria 8 4 000 BC Colossal stacking vertically spread out Higher means further in distance Domestication Pres Of humans elaborate head dresses and jewelry Scale hierarchy objects that are larger amplify that they are more important focal point Focus on tribal leaders and more power Catal Hoyuk Turkey c 6000 5900 BC Exists in the footings Best guess Chaotic massing The City without Streets sharing walls Different heights represent the rich and poor Major increase in warfare and protection Keep people out Intensive focus on defense These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Landscape with Volcanic eruption Husan dog watercolor copy of wall painting Catal Hoyuk Turkey c 6150 BC Does not survive from era with water color Man vs Man Specific for people inside walls Aspects of terrain and city itself no streets Composite view above overhead Mountain shown in profile view Volcanic eruption Major tragedy for the city Narrative chronicle Great Stone Tower built into the Settlement wall of Jericho Jericho c 8 7 000 BC Thickest verified walls 5 feet thick and 30 feet high Colossal structure Archers stationed Cage allows access to staircase Defense and military form Human figures painted plaster with inlaid shell and bitumen Jordan c 6 750 6 250 BC 3 of dozens found from tombs No ability to stand lay down Taking multiple materials and pooling them together Bitumen Hemp rope dipped in tar core then topped by plaster Center facial details small hands ornamented held function Packed into tombs to represent the being for after life imagery Continuing life Stonehenge Store formation Salisbury Plain Wiltshire England c 3 1800 BC United all prehistoric eras Ritual astronomical function Megalithic great stones 40 to 50 ton stones Stones are hundreds of miles away Ritual importance How Rolling Still debated today Sarsen stones laid on top horizontally Blue stones light and small 100 feet across Heel stone greater focus points corner Aubrey holes circular form around stones Animal human sacrifice Side view buried beneath ground Focus on permanence Overall functionality Top diagram represents Paleolithic era and burial of remains Middle diagram represents the Mesolithic era by using colossal timbers Bottom diagram represents the Neolithic era to replace what was temporary to make it permanent