a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending

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a technical drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure

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the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed

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a cut through the body of a building

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A section that is cut along the long axis of a structure

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A section that is cut along the short axis of a structure

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a view of a building seen from one side, a flat representation of one façade

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a force that pushes the particles of a material closer together

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a type of drawing used by architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and engineers which shows existing and proposed conditions for a given area, typically a parcel of land which is to be modified

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method of graphic representation of three-dimensional objects

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using or designating an orthographic projection of an object, such as a building, on a plane inclined to each of the three principal axes of the object; three-dimensional but without perspective

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a shorthand statement of principle that defines essential elements of architecture

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A composite building method in which a woven lattice of wooden strips (A.K.A. wattle) is daubed with a sticky material.

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An ancient burial mound

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A grave where you enter directly into the main gallery of the tomb

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A large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument

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A type of beam that spans openings

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post and lintel structure

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A tall upright stone

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An ancient stone monument consisting of two upright megaliths carrying a third as a lintel

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An arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to support the build roof

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A tomb that consists of one or more burial chambers covered in earth or stone and with a narrow entrance passage

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A platform supported on pillars or girders leading out from the shore into a body of water

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The science/art of construction

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A type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together, sometimes with clay mortar

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A joint connecting two pieces of wood or other material

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a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and then as a territorial state and eventually an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC

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a building material that comprises subsoil, straw (or another fibrous organic material), water, and occasionally lime

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A building material of stiff clay or earth, forced into forms that are removed as it hardens.

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Spanish for mudbrick

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an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse

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method of building in which external and internal walls are constructed of timber frames and the spaces between the structural members are filled with such materials as brick, plaster, or wattle and daub

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a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple

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