granaries

Examples of granaries in the following topics:

• Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization

  • The remains of the Indus Valley Civilization cities indicate remarkable organization; there were well-ordered wastewater drainage and trash collection systems, and possibly even public granaries and baths.
  • Harappans demonstrated advanced architecture with dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls.
  • There is no conclusive evidence of palaces or temples (or even of kings, armies, or priests), and the largest structures may be granaries.

• Architecture of the Han Dynasty

  • These include multi-story storehouses such as granaries, courtyard houses with multi-story halls, kiosks, walled gate towers, mills, manufactories and workshops, animal pens, outhouses, and water wells.
  • Models of granaries and storehouses had tiled rooftops, dougong brackets, windows, and stilt supports raising them above ground level.

• Dogon Sculpture

  • Carved animal figures, such as dogs and ostriches, are placed on village foundation altars to commemorate sacrificed animals, while granary doors, stools, and house posts are also adorned with figures and symbols.

• Ceramics under the Song Dynasty

  • Center item: A Northern or Southern Song qingbai-ware bowl with incised lotus decorations, a metal rim, and a transparent blue-toned glaze, from Jingdezhen, 12th or 13th century; Right item: A Southern Song miniature model of a granary with removable top lid and doorway, qingbai porcelain with transparent blue-toned glaze, Jingdezhen, 13th century.

• The Second Intermediate Period

  • Indeed, Senakhtenre Ahmose, the first king in the line of Ahmoside kings, even imported white limestone from the Hyksos-controlled region of Tura to make a granary door at the Temple of Karnak.

• Trade Under the Tang Dynasty

  • He also provided a description of Guangzhou's mosque, its granaries, its local government administration, some of its written records, and the treatment of travelers, along with the use of ceramics, rice-wine, and tea.

• Harappan Culture

  • Harappans demonstrated advanced architecture with dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls.