Ancient Near East Art Project
Close your eyes and pretend that you are on an archaeological dig. Rather than the arduous task of digging through 6000 years of sediment and being smothered by sand storms, technology has allowed you to have the world at your fingertips. Ah, you think, cultural diffusion!
You are to create a blog post about your finds that explains to your archaeologist colleagues around the world what fascinating discoveries your team has made. Explore two or more websites and look at the ancient Middle East and find one artifact from Mesopotamia (could be any city state in Mesopotamia) and one artifact from ancient Persia (Iran).
Choose two different objects and upload those images to your page. They should date anywhere between 5000 – 500 BCE.
On your page give a written description of the object and explain to your colleagues what the object was used for. The information you provide on your webpage should address the following questions.
Close your eyes and pretend that you are on an archaeological dig. Rather than the arduous task of digging through 6000 years of sediment and being smothered by sand storms, technology has allowed you to have the world at your fingertips. Ah, you think, cultural diffusion!
You are to create a blog post about your finds that explains to your archaeologist colleagues around the world what fascinating discoveries your team has made. Explore two or more websites and look at the ancient Middle East and find one artifact from Mesopotamia (could be any city state in Mesopotamia) and one artifact from ancient Persia (Iran).
Choose two different objects and upload those images to your page. They should date anywhere between 5000 – 500 BCE.
On your page give a written description of the object and explain to your colleagues what the object was used for. The information you provide on your webpage should address the following questions.
1. what is the object made of?
2. what designs are on the object?
3. who might have used the object and why?
4. for what purpose might the object have been used?
5. what is the size of the object?
6. how does the geography of the region reflect in the artifact?
7. was the object designed for functional use (household) or was it more decorative?
8. do you notice any differences between Iran and Mesopotamia ?
The following web sites will get you started.
http://www.bmimages.com/index.asp (search Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia and Persepolis (Iran))
You can also google images of Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Ancient Iran, Persepolis etc.
Your page should be completed by October 3.
