  Let $(R,\mathfrak m, \mathsf k)$ be a complete intersection local ring, $K$
be the Koszul complex on a minimal set of generators of $\mathfrak m$, and
$A=H(K)$ be its homology algebra. We establish exact sequences involving direct
sums of the components of $A$ and express the images of the maps of these
sequences as homologies of iterated mapping cones built on $K$. As an
application of this iterated mapping cone construction, we recover a minimal
free resolution of the residue field $\mathsf k$ over $R$, independent from the
well-known resolution constructed by Tate by adjoining variables and killing
cycles. Through our construction, the differential maps can be expressed
explicitly as blocks of matrices, arranged in some combinatorial patterns.
