TABLE 1:
HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE SECTION


First Line Divisions

SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL PERIODS USED BY ASL CLASSIFICATION:
A. PREHISTORIC TO 3400 B.C.E.
B. EGYPTIAN
C. ANCIENT NEAR EAST
D. ISLAMIC (from Hegira, 622 A.D. to the 19th CENTURY)
E. SOUTHEAST ASIA
F. CHINA, KOREA, TIBET to the 19th CENTURY (including Mongolia & Manchuria)
G. JAPANESE to the 19TH CENTURY
H. OCEANIA to the 19TH CENTURY
I. INDIA to the 19TH CENTURY
J. AMERICAs, PRE-COLUMBIAN
K. AEGEAN
L. ANCIENT GREEK
M. ANCIENT EUROPE
N. ROMAN
O. AFRICAN TO THE 19TH CENTURY
P. EARLY CHRISTIAN
Q. BYZANTINE
R. ROMANESQUE
S. GOTHIC
T. RENAISSANCE
U. 1-8 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
U. 9-11 COLONIAL
V. 19TH CENTURY
W. 20TH CENTURY


A. PREHISTORIC to 3400 B.C.E.

1. General Section
2. Paleolithic Age
3. Neolithic Age

B. EGYPTIAN

1. General Section
2. Egyptian Architecture

C. ANCIENT NEAR EAST (former Ancient Orient, revised 2004)

1. General Section
2. Mesopotamia
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern Iraq and NE Syria.
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Sumerians, including Proto-literate & Early Dynastic, c. 3500-2340 BCE
Akkadians, 2340–2180 BCE
Neo-Sumerians (3rd Dynasty of Ur), 2125-2025 BCE
Assyrians, c. 2000-612 BCE
Amorites, including Ebla, Mari, Yamkhad, Isin-Larsa Kingdoms, c. 1900-1600 BCE
Babylonians, c. 1800-539 BCE
Kassites, c. 1550-1100 BCE
Hurrians, including Mitanni, 1800-1200 BCE
3. Iranian Plateau
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern Iran.
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Elamites, 2700-650 BCE
Medes, 850-549 BCE
Achaemenids, 549-331 BCE
Seleucids, 312-60 BCE
Parthians, 238 BCE – 224 CE
Sassanians, 224 CE-651 CE
4. Anatolia and the Caucasus
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, SE Russia
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Kura-Araxes Culture (Early Transcaucasian), c. 3500-2200 BCE
Maikop Culture, c. 3500-2000 BCE
Hattians, c. 2350-2150 BCE
Trialeti Culture, c. 2200-1500 BCE
Kayakent-Khorochoi Culture, 2000-1500 BCE
Hittites, 1680-800 BCE
Koban Culture, 1100-700 BCE
Urartians, 900-600 BCE
Lydians, 900-547 BCE
Phrygians, 750-600 BCE
Orontids, 599-30 BCE
Egrisi Kingdom, 599-30 BCE
Kartli Kongdom, 299-30 BCE
5. Eastern Mediterranean
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern S. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Sinai, Cyprus
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Early Bronze cultures, 3300-2000 BCE
Canaanites, 2000-1100 BCE
Sea Peoples, including Philistines, 1200-1000 BCE
Arameans, c.1100-900 BCE
Phoenicians, c. 1200-200 BCE
Israelite & Judean Kingdoms, 1000-4 BCE
Transjordanians, including Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, c. 1000-30 BCE
Cypriotes, c. 2500-1050 BCE
6. Arabian Peninsula
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Bronze Age cultures, 3000-1300 BCE
Sabaeans, 1000 BCE-299 CE
Nabateans, c.599-BCE- 99 CE
Mineans, c. 399 BCE-99 BCE
Qatabans, 399 BCE – 0 BCE
Hadramites, 399 BCE – 299 CE
Himyarites, 199 BCE – 599 CE
7. Indus Valley
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern India
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Harappan (includes Mohenjo-Daro), 3200-1600 BCE
8. Western North Africa
  Arrange alphabetically by site name.
Same geographic area as modern Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Cultures include, but are not limited to:
    Beaker Culture (Bronze Age), c. 2500-1800 BCE
Phoenicians, c. 100-600 BCE
Carthaginian Empire, c. 600-146 BCE
Numidian Kingdom, c. 202–46 BCE

D. ISLAMIC (from Hegira, 622 A.D. to 19th CENTURY)

1. General Section
2. Eastern Mediterranean 
Includes Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Armenia, Jordan, Arabia after 622
3. North Africa
Includes Mali, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco
4. Spain 
4.5.Portugal
5. Persia
6. India 
Includes Pakistan
7. Turkey
8. Afghanistan
9. Sicily
10 Russia and former Soviet Union Countries
11.Eastern European
12.China & Others

E. SOUTHEAST ASIA

1. General Section
2. Bali
3. Borneo
4. Burma
5. Cambodia
6. Ceylon
7. Java
8. Laos
9. Malaysia
10.Philippines
11.Sumatra
12.Thailand
13.Viet Nam

F. CHINA, KOREA, TIBET to the 19th CENTURY (including Mongolia & Manchuria)

1. General Section
2. Chinese Architecture
3. Korean Architecture
4. Tibetan Architecture

G. JAPAN to the 19th CENTURY

1. General Section
2. Japanese Architecture

H. OCEANIA to the 19th CENTURY

1. General Section
2. Australia
3. Melanesia, includes Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides)
4. Micronesia
5. New Zealand
6. Polynesia
Includes Hawaii until Colonial times, Society Islands (Tahiti), Tonga

I. INDIA (Colonial Architecture, see U11 or V42; Islamic Indian, see
Islam, D6)

1. General Section
2. Indian Architecture
3. Afghanistan & Himalayan, including Bhutan, Jammu, Kashmir, Sikkim

J. AMERICAS, PRE-COLUMBIAN

1. General Section
2. Arctic & Subarctic (formerly Eskimo/Arctic)
3. Northwest Coast
3.5 California
4. Southwest (Colonial churches, see U9.6)
5. Plains
5.2. Great Basin
5.5. Great Lakes & Central Woodland
5.6. Plateau
6. Eastern Woodland (formerly Mounds & East Coast)
6.5. Southeastern
7. Mexico and Central America
8. South America

K. AEGEAN to 1100 B.C.E.

1. General Section
2. Minoan (Crete)
3. Troy I - IV (Asia Minor)
4. Helladic (Greek mainland)/Mycenaen
(Sicily, see Neolithic)

L. ANCIENT GREECE 1100 B.C.E and after

1. General Section (See Table IV-17 for details)
2. Greek Architecture (See Table III-3 for details)

M. ANCIENT EUROPE

1. General Section

On the third line, before the usual designation, prepend the culture number) 

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2. Etruscan
3. Celtic
4. Scythian (Steppes) Includes Sarmatian, Tagar, etc.
5. Iberian
6. Anglo-Saxon
7. Viking & other Scandinavian peoples
8. Other Germanic Tribes (Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Dacian, etc.)

N. ROMAN (500 B.C.E. to 350 A.D.)

1. General Section (See Table IV, p.21 for details)
2. Roman Architecture

O. AFRICA to the 19TH CENTURY

Use Table II Country Numbers on the first line, except Islamic North 
Africa, which is classified under D3.

P. EARLY CHRISTIAN (to 560 A.D., east and west)

1. General Section
2. Italian
3. Near East, includes non-Christian synagogues from the same period
4. North African - Coptic
5. Greece
6. Western Europe (after 6th century, see Romanesque, R--)

Q. BYZANTINE (after 560 A.D., east)

1. General Section
2. Byzantine Architecture

R. ROMANESQUE (Christian Europe, c. 560 A.D. - c. 1200)

1. General Section (includes, Ottonian, Carolingian & Irish/Hiberno-Saxon Manuscripts; also includes Mozarabic, etc.)
2. Italy (may go up to 1420 if style applicable)
3. France
4. Germany
5. English - Norman (& all of pre-Romanesque British Isles after 6th century)
6. Low Countries
7. Spain 
7.5. Portugal
8. Russia
9. Poland
10. Yugoslavia
11. Scandinavia (includes Greenland, Newfoundland, Norway, etc.)
12. Switzerland
13. Near East

S. GOTHIC (late 12th to early 16th centuries, but varies by country;
Chartres Cathedral 3rd lines are organized according to Table III-2)

1. General Section
2. Italy
3. France
4. Germany and Austria
5. England
6. Low Countries
7. Spain 
7.5. Portugal
8. Russia
9. Poland
9.5 Czechoslovakia
9.7. Romania
10. Yugoslavia
11. Scandinavia (include stave churches)
12. Switzerland
13. Near East

T. RENAISSANCE

1. General Section
2. Italy (c.1420--)
3. France (c.1480--)
4. Germany and Austria (c.1500--)
5. England (c.1550--)
6. Low Countries
7. Spain 
7.5. Portugal
8. Russia
9. Poland
9.5 Czechoslovakia
9.7 Romania
10. Yugoslavia
11. Scandinavia
12. Switzerland
13. Near Eastern
14. Other Countries (to be expanded)
14.5 Malta

U. 17TH & 18TH CENTURIES (formerly named Baroque, Post-Renaissance, Mannerist, etc.)

1. General Section
2. Italy
3. France
4. Germany & Austria
4.5. Switzerland
5. England
6. Low Countries
6.5 Scandinavia
7. Spain & Portugal
8. Russia
8.5. Poland
8.6. Czechoslovakia
8.7. Balkans (Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, European Turkey) (** Use Greek, Romanian, Yugoslav, Albanian, Bulgarian, Turkish indexing terms as applicable)
8.8. Non-European Countries

U9. COLONIAL

9. North American Colonies
9.1 General Section
9.2 New England
9.3 Middle Atlantic Colonies
9.4 Southern
9.5
9.6 Spanish to 1850
9.7 French
9.8 Russian
9.9 Canadian
10. Mexico, Central American, South American Colonies (not divided)
11. India 
12. West Indies
13. Asia (other than India)
14. Africa

V. 19TH CENTURY

(England, France, Germany, and United States from c. 1770. Other countries from c. 1800)
1. General Section 
2-85. Various countries (except U.S., below) See Table II for Country Numbers
80. United States, c. 1770-1839 (Federal & Neoclassic)
80.1. United States, c. 1840-1900

W. 20TH CENTURY

1. General Section
2-85. See Table II for Country Numbers

 

Class/Table 1 Periods/revised August 2000

 

 

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