Notes & Queries; Sledges
on Nov 15, 2009 in Sumer Olszanica threshing neolithic Bronocice pot Sledges Neolithic longhouse Cart shed My observation that a 7000 year old LBK longhouse from Olszanica in Poland had 2 wide doors [right], prompted the question was it a cart shed? I think I satisfied myself, and my readers, it was not; it is simply too early. I somewhat reluctantly conc...

Notes & Queries: Chou Literature, an Iron Age view of Prehistory
on Nov 8, 2009 in Chou Zhou Qin Shi Huang Chinese timber buildings Confucius Shang I Ching Once upon a time books had a life of their own, but in around C7th AD the first wood block printed books appeared in China. This was the beginning of the end, and while this was not yet the soulless reproduction of mechanised printing, this cloning m...

35. Olszanica Longhouse 6: Why has it got wide doors?
on Oct 26, 2009 in Budakalász TBR Sumer Olszanica wheel Archaeology Bronocice pot Baden Culture LBK Neolithic longhouse Cart shed When I saw her, it was love at first sight; beautiful, slender, elegant, complex, and I know size isn’t everything, but she has got the biggest roof I’ve ever seen on an early Neolithic building.But there was something else. Not that I noticed it...

35. Olszanica Longhouse 6; Why has it got wide doors?
on Oct 26, 2009 in Budakalász TBR Sumer Olszanica wheel Archaeology Bronocice pot Baden Culture LBK Neolithic longhouse Cart shed When I saw her, it was love at first sight, beautiful, slender, elegant, complex, and I know size isn’t everything, but it has got the biggest roof I’ve ever seen on an early Neolithic building.But there was something else, not that I noticed it...

34. The Curious Case of the Lengyel Longhouses
on Oct 5, 2009 in Lengyel culture West Kennet Brześć Kujawski Biskupin neolithic LBK Neolithic longhouse Elsloo There are some things that are just wrong, and Lenygel longhouses transcend odd, through strange into weird; buildings should not taper, well not at 7° they shouldn’t. It just not a right and proper thing for them to do, at least two sides should...

Notes and Queries - Roman Forts
on Sep 24, 2009 in Granaries Roman Forts. granary Archaeology Barracks Roman Drains One of the advantages of publishing research on a website, is that you can respond to questions and enquires from readers. Tim Holland recently sent me a very detailed piece concerning his observations about the layout of Roman Forts, complete with i...

33. Elsloo 32, a Neolithic longhouse made from trees
on Aug 29, 2009 in thrust Darion Sittard Geleen reversed assembly architecture Archaeology timber LBK Neolithic longhouse Elsloo In this article we will look in detail at a 7000-year-old farmhouse from Elsloo in the Netherlands, built by some of the first farming communities, this longhouse represents the beginnings of architecture in the Northern Europe. It is argued that it...

32. Hadrian's Timber Wall
on Jul 26, 2009 in Postholes Hadrian's Wall Alésia De Bello Gallico Romans woodland Archaeology Limes cippi pits timber Roman Wall Julius caesar Between Hadrian’s Wall and the ditch to north, archaeologists have found three lines of double postholes running parallel to the Wall, which may represent an early timber 'Wall', albeit temporary, comprising a box rampart and the ditch. This was al...

31. Primitive Rituals
on Jul 5, 2009 in Postholes crannogs Springifeld Lyons archaeologists Stonehenge Late Bronze age dialectics elites architecture Archaeology Ritual woodhenge I hope you read article no 30, that’s where I let slip that ‘timber circles’ were buildings, some roundhouses were multi-storey, and Hadrian had a timber wall for while, - so you know I’m not here for the beer. But I wish we both down the pub...

When on Google Earth 63
on Jul 2, 2009 in WOGE Fun When on Google Earth Welcome to When on Google Earth is at Theoretical Structural archaeology for the first time in July, I guessed Heather's knotty WOGE 62 as Gordion in Turkey, I know I am meant to be cooking up something exciting to do with postholes, but its not quit...