Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Anatolian (culture or style)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to culture and period from about 850 to 590 BCE during which the kingdom of Urartu ruled the part of eastern Anatolia centered around the area of Lake Van. The art and architecture of the period is characterized by distinctive bronze artifacts and fortresses of fine ashlar masonry.