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1 Prehistoric Architecture History
1 Prehistoric Architecture History
PREHISTORY: refers to the time period before people could write, the time before written records. Objects are the documents of record Challenge is to "read" the nonverbal info found in objects.
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) c40,000-8,000 BCE -- mostly nomadic hunters
Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) c8,000-7,000 BCE
LATIN TERMS TO KNOW PALEO MESO NEO LITH MEGA old middle / between new stone large or great
Altamira, Spain
Brushwood Hut
Stilt House
Stone Age
yurts : Mongolia
tumulus
menhir
Carnac Megaliths
dolmen
cromlech