T2-H-4821-Stone-Age-Homes-PowerPoint

the world? What is important when it comes to building a

house?

Britain? What materials would they have had available?

time and the country.
In Britain, archaeologists have found evidence of

four different types of dwelling.

early humans sheltered from the cold inside caves.
Why build your

own house when there’s one already available?

structure made from wooden posts.
There are no existing houses remaining

but archaeologists have found marks in the ground that they believe were made from timber poles.
The frame may have been round, or conical like a tepee.
They may have used animal skin, thatch or turf to cover the frame.
There was evidence that the floor was covered with a layer of moss, reeds and other soft plant materials.

timber in the Neolithic period.
None of these houses remain, but

we can see the foundations. Some houses used wattle and daub (a mixture of manure, clay, mud and hay stuck to sticks that have been woven in and out of the timber frame) for the walls and had thatched roofs.

Skara Brae, were built from stone.
They were built into mounds

of rubbish known as midden. This could include small stones, shells, mud and animal bones.
It would provide some stability as well as insulation.
These houses were usually round.
They had beds and storage shelves, and a hearth in the middle.

must have been made from something that has since perished.
A

common early roofing material in Orkney was seaweed, fixed with ropes and stones.
They could also have used straw, animal skins or turf, laid over a frame of driftwood or whale bones found on the seashore.