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Mên-an-Tol is three granite rocks. One has a hole in the center. That could have even been a natural occurrence. Dating to the neolithic era
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > 3 granite rocksOne is a round stone with its middle holed out. There are two standing stones to each side. The Mên-an-Tol is thought to date to either the late neolithic or early bronze ageThe holed stone could originally have been…
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Pentre Ifan (literally “Ivan’s Village”), contains and gives its name to the largest and best preserved neolithic dolmen in Wales
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A notable neolithic dolmen exists in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Dating back to around 5500 years ago. It is huge; and, has views of the valley and, surrounding area. Making it one of the most dramatic megalithic tombs in the region. Its location…
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Also known as The Giants Table, Lanyon Quoit is a Cornish dolmen. In 1815 it collapsed in a storm. So they re-erected it
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years later, and as a result the dolmen is now very different from its original…
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What is neolithic architecture?
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A few early people still lived in caves. Where they performed ceremonies. Which could be considered one of the first forms of architecture. Though in the beginning, they also had huge monuments. Created from digging, and moving earth. Using banks, ditches,…
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Dating back to the 1700s. The “primitive hut” is a fundamental idea in architectural theory
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Often associated with the work of the French architect Marc-Antoine LaugierThe primitive hut serves as a theoretical and philosophical construct. It seeks to explain the origin and essence of architecture. From a perspective, greater than 300 years ago. First published in…
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Consisting of prehistoric pile dwellings or ‘Pfahlbau’. A swiss neolithic site exists called Wetzikon-Robenhausen, near Zurich
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wetzikon-Robenhausen is apart of the “Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps”This designation includes various archaeological sites with remnants of prehistoric settlements that were built on wooden stilts or piles, primarily in the Alpine region. These settlements…
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Published as ten books on architecture. De Architectura is a treaty written by the Roman military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. It was dedicated to Caesar Augustus
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > One of the oldest treaty books to survive from antiquity. Since the renassance, or 14-17th centuries, is De Architecutra It has been regarded as the first publishing on architectural theory. Inside, it contained a variety of information. Perscriptions on planning and…
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Its name is ‘fork mound’ in Turkish. Çatalhöyük is one of the oldest densely packed settlements. Dating back more than 9000 years. To the neolithic era
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Many years ago. About 1000 feet east of a Byzantine settlement. Quite a large tell (or mound) was observed. Located in central Turkeys Konya plainIn 1958, and later again between 1961 and 1965, James Mellaart led an excavation. Over 91 acres…
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Göbekli Tepe maybe older than we think
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A big neolithic archaeological site exists in the southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Göbekli Tepe, or in english ‘bellied top’. Is believed to be inhabited from around 11500 years to 10000 ago. During pre-pottery neolithic. It is known for the worlds…
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Cromlechs are megalithic structures. Consisting of a circle of standing stones, arranged in a particular pattern or formation
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Well known in the British Isles, Brittany in France, and perhaps the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal. Chromlech are ancient monuments associated with with prehistoric or neolithic cultures They can be found in various parts of the world. Including: Asia, Europe, and…