أبنية الثولوس

Abstract EN

The house plans have become circular, square and rectangular shapes, and in all cases they reflect the ability to architectural thinking by preparing the regular engineering plan before starting the implementation of the construction, as it is possible to enter these dwellings through a single entrance located on one of the sides that opens towards a central square whose shape is consistent with the plan The external structure is exposed to the impossibility of being roofed with tree trunks for its capacity and for the purpose of delivering light and ventilation to the side rooms distributed on the sides regularly.

These roofs are covered with tree trunks and then covered with a layer of clay, these roofs are made either in a flat or arched form sometimes.

These architectural achievements, despite their simplicity, occupy an important position in the history of ancient Iraqi architecture, as I consider conditioning mud and what is available in nature an achievement in which the Iraqi person compensated for the lack of stones.

As for the other aesthetic aspects of the buildings, it indicates an improvement in the individual's perceptual thinking and an expansion of the horizons of architectural thinking.

The researchers differed in determining its function, as some believed that it was a special type of housing, and others considered it to be temples or religious shrines, and a third team was likely to be the largest, hosting strangers, or clubs for meeting village men, while the similar ones discovered in Mycenae in Greece and Cyprus were just cemeteries.