PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

BALOY, Jon Kaisier

GUZMAN, Jhon Lester
PEDROSA, Johnzen

Prehistory
- 3 million years to 3000 BC
A. Paleolithic - 3 millions 10000 AC
B. Neolithic - 10000 BC
History
- 3000 BC to nowadays
A. Ancient Age - 3000 BC to 476 AC
B. Medieval Age - 476 AC to 1492 AC
C. Modern Age - 1492 to 1789 AC
D. Contemporary Age - 1789 AC to 2011 AC
DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CULTURE
1. Hunting - Living in caves
2. Farming and hunting - settlements
developed near caves along shores and
streams.
3. Cultivation - understanding seasons and
domestication of animals.
4. Building arts developed - specialized tools
were developed. Religious and communal
aspects.
5. Different societies developed differently
Stonehenge.
Prehistoric Architecture
-Also called “Stone Age” which occured
before invention of written records.
-Occured from human habitation of earth to
9000 BC.
The history of man can be classified into
different stages and with it corresponding
structures were built:
1. Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Age - up to
9000 BC
2. New Stone Age or Neolithic Age - 9000 BC
to 3000 BC
3. Iron or Bronze Age
Early Civilization - 3000 BC
-not restricted to any particular geographical
region.
-usually close to sources of food near rivers.
Architecture of the Civilization
-residential building and settlements varied
between early and new Stone age periods.

VOCABULARY
1. New Stone Age
Neolithic - “new” Stone Age (8000-2300
- people used polished stone
BCE)
- housing was made more permanent with
Which marked the beginnings of
the use of durable materials.
monumental architecture.
- discovered art of farming and animal
Corbeled vault - a vault formed by the piling
husbandry.
of stone blocks in horizontal courses.
- saw interest in natural cycles such as
Post and lintel - (sometimes called
weather and heavenly bodies.
“uprights”) one of the earliest methods of
- introduced the idea of religion.
architectural construction in which two posts
2. Old Stone Age
support a lintel (horizontal beam which
- people used crude stones
results across top).
- man was a hunter and a food gatherer.
Megalith - a large stone used in the
-constructed temporary shelters from
construction of prehistoric structure
perishable materials such as tree trunks and
Cromlech - a circle of megaliths, as at
leaves.
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BALOY, Jon Kaisier
GUZMAN, Jhon Lester
PEDROSA, Johnzen

- also made use of natural and man-made

caves.
3. Iron or Bronze Age
- 2000 BC
- Carpentry and masonry was practiced.
- gradual improvement in the design of
buildings particularly in Egypt.

Temporary Structures:
Hut at Terra Amata, France
- early stone people constructed temporary
shelters.
- one of the earliest known example
- dates back to 400,000 years
- oval in shape and constructed of tree
brunches

HUTS
Bambuti Hut - huts show evidence of use of
leaves to cover hut.
Tongus Hut - show evidence of use of grass
to make huts.

LAPP TENT
- shows the use of animal skin

MUD CONSTRUCTION
- improvement in technology led to mud
construction and architecture.