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History of Architecture

History of Architecture. 1- Prehistoric Architecture. Savage. Barbarian. Prehistoric Architecture. Stone age Paleolithic ( Old Stone Age )- appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools

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History of Architecture

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  1. History of Architecture 1- Prehistoric Architecture

  2. Savage Barbarian Prehistoric Architecture Stone age Paleolithic (Old Stone Age )- appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age )- period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments. Neolithic (New Stone Age) - characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements. Bronze Age Iron Age

  3. Prehistoric structures - Among prehistoric remains of archaeological interest, but of little architectural value, are:- 1- Monoliths 2- Dolmens 3- Tumuli 4- Lake dwellings.

  4. Prehistoric structures 1- Monoliths : Are single upright stones, known in Western France as " menhirs," (Maen, a stone, hir, high), such as those at Carnac in Brittany,

  5. Prehistoric structures1-Monoliths

  6. Prehistoric structures1-Monoliths

  7. Prehistoric structures 2- Dolmens and Cromlechs : (dol = table + maen stone) and Cromlechs (crom = bent + leac = flat stone) are often used as interchangeable terms. Dolmen is the name sometimes applied to two or more upright stones supporting a horizontal slab.

  8. Prehistoric structures while the term Cromlech may be used for three or more upright stones, capped by a flat stone, as at, Kit's Coty House, Maid stone, and other places in England, Wales, Ireland, Northern France, and India.

  9. Prehistoric structuresDolmen

  10. Prehistoric structures - These dolmens or cromlechs often stand within sacred circles of massive monoliths, supporting horizontal slabs, as at Stonehenge. - It seem to be erected by primitive people for the worship of the sun.

  11. Open end Facing East bluestones Sarsen stones trilithons Lintels Stonehenge Prehistoric structuresstonehenge

  12. Prehistoric structuresstonehenge

  13. Prehistoric structures 3- Tumuli or burial mounds were probably prototypes of the Pyramids in Egypt and of the beehive huts in Wales, Cornwall, Scotland , and Ireland.

  14. Prehistoric structuresbeehive hut

  15. Prehistoric structuressection of chambered burial mound

  16. Prehistoric structures 4- Lake dwellings: Consisted of wooden huts built on piles in the water for protection against attack

  17. Prehistoric structuresLake dwellings

  18. Prehistoric structuresLake dwellings

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