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CLA 204.01 Introduction to Archaeology Spring 2020
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
DATE AND TIME: Sunday 19 April 2020, 9.00 am – Sunday 26 April 2020, 9.00 am
Please submit your exam as a PDF via email to
[email protected] Please give your PDF this title: ‘YOUR LAST NAME CLA203 MIDTERM’
CREDIT:
GRADING
PERCENT OF GRADE
Introductory Museum Exercise 10 %
Quizzes (average of top eight) 25 %
Mid-Term Examination 20 %
Term Paper 20 %
Final examination 20 %
Attendance and Class Participation 5 %
READING/SUBJECT AREAS COVERED:
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages, Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-67
Archaeology Essentials, pp.8-13, 38-53, 62-141, 290-315 [REQUIRED];
pp. 14-37, 52, 142-175, 235-275 [optional].
Study Guides 1-3 (Monument Lists, Vocabulary Lists) *
Class notes and discussion; videos *
*ALL THROUGH THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2020, WITH EMPHASIS ON MATERIAL COVERED IN CLASS*
FORMAT:
Slide Identification and Discussion (10 points each slide)
On the following pages, you will see TEN images. Fully identify each image, according to numbers 1) – 5)
elow. Then
iefly (in a paragraph or two), respond to the accompanying question, 6), on the interpretation of
the work. Given present circumstances, we will consider this to be an ‘open-book’ set of questions, thus your answers should be a thoughtful, detailed, well-considered appraisal of each item. Your answers thus should include the following information:
1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape)
2) name of the artist or architect (if known)
3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic)
4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least)
5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.)
6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc.
PART I. QUESTION 1 (10 points total)
1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape)
2) name of the artist or architect (if known)
3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic)
4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least)
5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.)
6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc.
What is the significance of the inscription on this monument?
Please include comments on the topics covered in the inscription?
How do the carved figural images at the top enhance the message of the inscription?
1) Hammurabi's Laws, found at Stele with the laws of Hammurabi, set up at Babylon, Iraq, found at Susa, Iran,
2) Unknown
3) Middle chronology
4) ca. 1780 BCE
5) Architecture
6) The Code of Hammurabi contains an extensive list of laws that have opened historian eyes to the highly sophisticated society of Babylonia. At the top is an engraved depiction of Hammurabi with the god of justice, Shamash. Below that picture are columns of inscription in the Akkadian language.
PART I. QUESTION 2 (10 points total)
1) the subject, title, or name of the work (including location, if it is a building in a landscape)
2) name of the artist or architect (if known)
3) indication of the specific period or style (for example: Paleolithic, Assyrian, Predynastic)
4) date (as close as possible: nearest century at least)
5) medium (for example, sculpture, painting, architecture, etc.)
6) question on significance/iconography/context, etc.
What are some possible interpretations that scholars have...