HOA M1: PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

________- where around 3, 000 megalithic structures are located, the largest number in the world.

________ were dug where stones are set upright before capping with lintels similarly like the post- and lintel construction.

________ predates recorded history.

________- isolated single upright stone also known as Menhir.

In Brittany, ___________ refers to a circle of standing stones.

A _________ or "Barrows" is a dominant tomb type in prehistoric times known for its earthen mounds.

________ at the Salisbury Plains of Southern England is the best and most well- known megalithic structure in the world.

Also known as wickiup or wetu is used by certain Native American and First Nations tribes.

________ lived a Nomadic life gathering food as they went and went on hunting.

The term "iglu "in ________ refers to houses not just specifically made of snow.

________- a landmark or memorial site made of pile of stones in Medieval English.

The furniture is built in (as at the much later ________ in Scotland) with brick platforms for sitting on, working on and sleeping on.

________ were transported through the sea or river.

Food is produced by _____________________________________.

________ is located in the Vézère Valley where many other decorated caves have been found since the beginning of the 20th century.

Humans are believed to have migrated from ________ and spread all over the globe.

________ can usually be seen in a middle of a field, but there are instances that a group of Menhirs are arranged in rows parallel and would sometimes stretch out for miles.

________- Several number of stones forming part of a prehistoric structure.

mostly nomadic hunter

"old"

"middle / between"

"new"

"stone"

"large or great"

Animal skins, wooden frames, animal bones

Existing or excavated caves, Megalithic structures

Caves paintings in Africa, France and Spain

No organized religion

burial rituals and monuments

To

isolated single upright stone also known as "Menhir"

Several number of stones forming part of a prehistoric structure

Architecture made of huge rocks to make megalithic structure for either religious of burial purposes

where around 3,000 megalithic structures are located, the largest number in the world

1000 BCE

a landmark or memorial site made of pile of stones in Medieval English

both mean a megalithic tomb with a massive flat stone laid on upright stones in Wales

the Avebury Henge

bricks, shaped from mud and baked hard in the sun

suggesting the arrival of the social and economic distinctions which have been a feature of all developed societies

Around __________, the early humans started practicing agriculture as they grow their food in fertile lands making food to be abundant.

Human lineage (no. 1)

Human lineage (no. 2)

Human lineage (no. 3)

Human lineage (no. 4)

Human lineage (no. 5)

Three Prehistoric Periods

Three Stone Ages

Timeline of Palaeolithic Age

Timeline of Mesolithic Age

Timeline of Neolithic Age

Etymology: Paleo

Etymology: Meso

Etymology: Neo

Etymology: Lith

Etymology: Mega

Materials used in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Architecture

Construction System in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Architecture

Decoration in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Architecture

Attached to caves with the opening on the longer side

A multipurpose room. Usually most houses only consist of one room

Houses made out of mud

When architecture made of huge rocks to make megalithic structure for either religious of burial purposes

Standing in an upright manner. Usually be seen in a middle of a field, but there are instances that a group of ________ are arranged in rows parallel and would sometimes stretch out for miles.

______ of a menhir's rock is buried beneath the earth

Average height of a menhir

Megalithic structure which is composed of a horizontal stone slab supported by two upright ones. Leg count sometimes be more than 2 upright stones supporting it.

Means "stone table" in Brittanny

The best and most well-known megalithic structure in the world.

Means stone

Means hinge

Year Stonehenge was built

Believed to be the main purpose of Stonehenge

The most impressive of the extant prehistoric earthworks in Europe is located just 25 miles north of Stonehenge

There are no partitions and usually is just one room. As civilization developed into complex societies, this had led to the partition of the floor plans of the ancient dwellings such as Dining, Cooking, Sleeping and Socializing.

Famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings, it is found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France.

How old is the Lascaux Cave?

Made of tree barks, animal skins and plant leaves

Usually made up of reeds, brushes and wattles (e.g. beehive houses)

Also known as Cochlán in Ireland, a traditional dried stone hut shaped like a beehive with corbelled roof

Known also as the Trulli in Southern Italy and are traditional Apulian dry stone houses with conical roof.

Widespread in coastal areas around the world where the main livelihood is fishing.

A cone-shaped tent with a framework made from wooden poles traditionally covered by animal skin or rush mats. Comes from a Lakota word "thipi", meaning "they dwell".

Also known as wickiup or wetu is used by certain Native American and First Nations tribes.

Traditional dwelling of Navajo people.

Snow house or snow hut that is built up spirally mostly and associated with the Innuit or Eskimo people. Not necessarily made out of snow

Mostly known traditional hut in Nigeria is the _________ which is made of mud for its walls and palm leaves for its roof.

Prehistoric hut made from massive mammoth bones usually found in Ukraine.

Known as the traditional reed house of the Marsh Arabs known as the Madan. Found in the swamps of southern Iraq and used as a large ceremonial house.

Vary from various tribes however they are usually built for several families.

Built in c 6,500 BCE, it is one of the best preserved neolithic towns in southern Turkey, Anatolia. Rectangular houses with windows but no doors. They adjoin each other, like cells in a honeycomb, and the entrance to each is through the roof.

Built in (6500 BCE). Round tent-like house located in Cyprus

Buildings very similar to those in Khirokitia are still lived in today in parts of southern Italy, where they are known as _______.

Usually quoted as the earliest known town, a small settlement here evolves in about 8000 BC into a town covering 10 acres.

And the builders of Jericho have a new technology - _______, shaped from mud and baked hard in the sun.