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Mesopotamia
100
a hard, typically green stone used for ornaments
What is jade?
100
a structure consisting of two large vertical stones (posts) supporting a third stone set horizontally across the top (lintel).
What is trilithon
100
A stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure.
What is megalith
100
The location at which an item was found
What is findspot
100
a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase.
What is Pictograph
200
a triangular bone in the lower back formed from fused vertebrae and situated between the two hipbones of the pelvis. Surrounds the reproductive organs
What is sacrum
200
a single large block of sarsen stone
What is heel stone
200
A convention of representation in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another part of the same figure is shown frontally
What is twisted perspective
200
fat, round, or bulging.
What is bulbous
200
A system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrowhead shape. One of the earliest forms of writing
What is cuneiform
300
a form of ancient Chinese jade artifact. It is a tube with a circular inner section and squarish outer section.
What is cong
300
a method of construction with two posts supporting a horizontal beam,
What is post and lintel
300
a substance used for coloring or the natural coloring of something
What is pigment
300
a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand.
What is enigma
300
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
What is theocracy
400
having a common center
What is concentric circle
400
a prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of stone or wooden uprights.
What is henge
400
a distinctive feature or dominant idea
What is motif
400
the symbolic and simplified representation of something or someone
What is schematic representation
400
The main room of a Greek temple where the god is housed
What is cella
500
extremely great in size
What is monumental
500
a monumental platform for a temple.
What is ziggurat
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