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Ancient Architecture

Architecture begins not with shelter but with ceremony. The first monumental buildings predate agriculture; they predate writing; in some cases they predate...

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Architecture begins not with shelter but with ceremony. The first monumental buildings predate agriculture; they predate writing; in some cases they predate the wheel. Key sections include: Ancient Architecture.; Opening Before the city.; Chapter I What counts as ancient.; Chapter II Göbekli Tepe.; Chapter III Çatalhöyük.; Chapter IV Mud, brick, the city.; Chapter V Mastaba to step pyramid.; Chapter VI The Great Pyramid.; Chapter VII The temple as forest.; Chapter VIII Mohenjo-daro and Harappa..

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  1. 01Ancient Architecture.
  2. 02Opening Before the city.
  3. 03Chapter I What counts as ancient.
  4. 04Chapter II Göbekli Tepe.
  5. 05Chapter III Çatalhöyük.
  6. 06Chapter IV Mud, brick, the city.
  7. 07Chapter V Mastaba to step pyramid.
  8. 08Chapter VI The Great Pyramid.
  9. 09Chapter VII The temple as forest.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Mohenjo-daro and Harappa.
  11. 11Chapter IX Stonehenge.
  12. 12Chapter X Newgrange and the dolmens.
  13. 13Chapter XI The Minoan palace.
  14. 14Chapter XII Megaron, Lion Gate, tholos.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Hattusa.
  16. 16Chapter XIV The first New World cities.
  17. 17Chapter XV Stone, brick, wood, mud.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Without the wheel, without the pulley.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Corbel, false arch, true arch.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Persepolis.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Pharaoh's recipe.
  22. 22Chapter XX Architecture as ritual.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Aligned to the heavens.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Collapse, and what survived.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Caral and the Norte Chico.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV What ancient architecture gave us.
  27. 27Chapter XXV For the shelf.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI Watch & read.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The argument of stones.
  30. 30Colophon
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