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WorksheetsHOA M-01 F-02 PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
A _____ is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings, used in architecture and Christian symbolism.
trefoil
quatrefoil
clover
wheel
_____ is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC), on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
It is the world’s second oldest existing man-made religious structures, and amongst the earliest free-standing stone buildings in the world.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
This complex consists of two stone temples (and an incomplete third temple), called the “Giants’ Tower”.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, AND ANCIENT NEOLITHIC TEMPLE COMPLEX LOCATED ON THE XAGĦRA PLATEAU IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF GOZO, IN THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
_____ or the "Standing/Worshipping Stones" is a megalithic temple complex found on the Mediterranean island of Malta, particularly in Qrendi, Malta, dating from the Ġgantija phase (3600–3200 BC).
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
This is made from globigerina limestone, which has caused it to suffer from extreme weathering and surface flaking.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
_____ is a megalithic temple complex found on the southern coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta that is approximately 497 metres (544 yd) from the Ħaġar Qim megalithic complex.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
It is made of coralline limestone, which is much harder than the soft globigerina limestone of Ħaġar Qim. The main structural systems used in its temples are corbelling with smaller stones, and post and lintel construction using large slabs of limestone.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
The _____ temples are megalithic remains on the northern edge of Żebbiegħ, in Malta, which have provided detailed and informative insight into the earliest periods of Malta's neolithic culture.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
The remains of _____ temples are a series of megalithic uprights (one of them 3.4m high), the lowest course of the temples' foundations, paving slabs with libation holes in the entrance passage, and the torba (a cement-like material) floor of a three-apse temple.
Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
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Ġgantija
Ħaġar Qim
Mnajdra
Skorba
It is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase (3300 – 3000 BC) in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
It is thought to have been a sanctuary and necropolis, with the remains of more than 7,000 people documented by archaeologists.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
It consists of three separate, but attached, temple structure; middle temple has three pairs of apses instead of the usual two; has a rich and intricate stonework including depictions of domestic animals carved in relief, altars, and screens decorated with spiral designs and other patterns.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
Identify
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
It is also known as Sa domo de su re in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
It is built out of lower coralline limestone, the oldest exposed rock in the Maltese Islands. The complex contains two adjacent temples. The smaller temple abuts the major one on the northern side.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
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Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
_____, which means "Potbelly Hill"), is a Neolithic archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, between c. 9500 and 8000 BCE; the site comprises a number of large circular structures supported by massive stone pillars – the world's oldest known megaliths.
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Durrington Timber Circle
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
The site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. The henge is the second-largest Late Neolithic palisaded enclosure known in the United Kingdom, after Hindwell in Wales.
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Durrington Timber Circle
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
_____ is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Woodhenge
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform pattern with a central stone circle; erected in the late Neolithic era, and were a focus for ritual activity during the Bronze Age.
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Also known as the Brochtorff Circle
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
It consists of a series of caves which were used to bury the dead, and which were surrounded by a walled enclosure.
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
This Neolithic palisaded enclosure is set in the heart of the Walton Basin; roughly oval 34 ha enclosure, about 880m east-west by 540m; first recorded as a cropmark feature from the air and then explored by selective trenching and geophysical survey.
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
It is defined by a circuit of pits 2.0m across and 2.0m deep, which once held great posts, 0.8m in diameter. Only a single narrow entrance is known at the western end, flanked by huge 6.0m diameter pits. Radiocarbon determinations point to a construction date around 2,700 BC.
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Durrington Timber Circle
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Durrington Timber Circle
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Durrington Timber Circle
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Göbekli Tepe
Durrington Walls
Woodhenge
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
Identify
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
It is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Skara Brae
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
Consisting of ten clustered houses, made of flagstones, in earthen dams that provided support for the walls; the houses included stone hearths, beds, and cupboards. A primitive sewer system, with "toilets" and drains in each house, carried effluent to the ocean.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Skara Brae
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
Identify
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Skara Brae
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
Identify
Callanish Standing Stones
Xagħra Stone Circle
Hindwell Enclosure, England
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England
It is also known as Sa domo de su re in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Tarxien
Nuraghe Santu Antine
Ta' Ħaġrat
