Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, ca.

9,000 BC
Minimalism
NEOLITHIC Jericho in the Levant, Neolithic from
-Use of naturally occurring materials.
around 8,350 BC, arising from the
earlier Epipaleolithic Natufian culture
-Their houses were mostly sturdy
Nevali Cori in Turkey, ca. 8,000 BC
-Stones to lay the foundation
Çatalhöyük in Turkey, 7,500 BC
-Walls were usually plastered with
mud or stone, and thatch, mud,
Mehrgarh in Pakistan, 7,000 BC
-Tree trunks topped their roofs.
Herxheim (archaeological site) in
Germany, 5,300 BC

Knap of Howar and Skara Brae, the

Orkney Islands, Scotland, from 3,500
BC

Cucuteni-Trypillian culture,

Sumerian masonry was usually Romania, Moldova and Ukraine from

5,400 to 2,800 BC.
mortarless although bitumen
was sometimes used. Brick
styles, which varied greatly over
time, are categorized by period.
MESOPOTAMIAN [4]

Patzen 80×40×15 cm: Late Uruk

period (3600–3200 BC)
Riemchen 16×16 cm: Late Uruk
period (3600–3200 BC)
Plano-convex 10x19x34 cm:
Early Dynastic Period (3100–
2300 BC)
The favoured design was
rounded bricks, which are
somewhat unstable, so
Mesopotamian bricklayers would
lay a row of bricks perpendicular
to the rest every few rows