Neolithic and Bronze Age Houses

[Vermin King]

SCEtoAUX at PM.com found these.



joolswilson.com/2020/03/18/neolithic-house-cut-out-and-make-paper-model/

And



www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/kids/prehistoric-england/interview-with-a-bronze-age-settler-at-beeston-castle/#modelroundhouse

[squirmydad]

Cool, the outer texture reminds me of paper birch bark.

[Vermin King]

Supposed to be reed...

After spending the night reading about plow history, I started reading about bronze and iron age round houses. Considering how they were built on wooden posts that rotted from the bottom up, and most of the info comes from digging up places where they stood, there seems to be consensus on how they were constructed. Lack of smoke vents actually worked to their advantage. The smoke collecting in the roof formed a bit of an insulating layer to maintain the heat below. The smoke also helped keep insects and vermin from destroying the roof prematurely. Carbon monoxide build up helped keep the roof from catching fire, reduced oxygen.

The large overhangs idea comes from drip lines a substantial distance from the post holes. The large overhangs helped protect the walls and reduced the amount of moisture near the post holes, slowing down the rot.

Not sure why they put what looks like double doors on there. Looks more like a tourist cabana

[alloydog]

They're pretty neat.

Reminds me of when I went to Skara Brae in the Orkney islands. What struck me was that if you remember the Flintstones' cartoon, where nearly everything in the houses was made from rock, it was. The village was about half sunken into the ground (intentional) and all the buildings had stone roofs, stone shelves and even stone furniture!

I've been to museums with old stuff, old castles nigh on a thousand years old, even lived in house that was built in the 1600s, but to be in a house that was over 5000 years old and if you just repaired the roof, would still be livable in (though not very comfortable), was quite amusing. Yabba dabba doo!

[thehobbybox]

perfect for my project! Thanks!

[migibb]

Mar 19, 2020 18:35:25 GMT -9 alloydog said:

They're pretty neat.

Reminds me of when I went to Skara Brae in the Orkney islands. What struck me was that if you remember the Flintstones' cartoon, where nearly everything in the houses was made from rock, it was. The village was about half sunken into the ground (intentional) and all the buildings had stone roofs, stone shelves and even stone furniture!

I've been to museums with old stuff, old castles nigh on a thousand years old, even lived in house that was built in the 1600s, but to be in a house that was over 5000 years old and if you just repaired the roof, would still be livable in (though not very comfortable), was quite amusing. Yabba dabba doo!

When my friend Fran went to Orkney on here honeymoon - she now lives and works there as the Custodian of St Magnus Cathedral - she sent me a postcard from Skara Brae with all of the elements of one of the houses hand-captioned... With details such as "toaster", "VCR" and "comfy bed"

[thehobbybox]

Thanks!