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    The document provides an overview of prehistoric architecture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. It describes early shelters like rock shelters, caves, and huts built from materials available in each era. It also discusses religious structures such as dolmens, stone circles like Stonehenge, and burial mounds. Settlements transitioned from temporary rock shelters and caves to permanent villages with different hut designs over time, as humans adopted agriculture and new building materials like stone and mud became available.

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    The document provides an overview of prehistoric architecture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. It describes early shelters like rock shelters, caves, and huts built from materials available in each era. It also discusses religious structures such as dolmens, stone circles like Stonehenge, and burial mounds. Settlements transitioned from temporary rock shelters and caves to permanent villages with different hut designs over time, as humans adopted agriculture and new building materials like stone and mud became available.

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    The document provides an overview of prehistoric architecture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. It describes early shelters like rock shelters, caves, and huts built from materials available in each era. It also discusses religious structures such as dolmens, stone circles like Stonehenge, and burial mounds. Settlements transitioned from temporary rock shelters and caves to permanent villages with different hut designs over time, as humans adopted agriculture and new building materials like stone and mud became available.

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    The key takeaways are that prehistoric architecture evolved from simple shelters to more complex structures as humanity progressed from hunter-gatherers to settled agricultural societies. Early structures included caves, huts, and tents that became more substantial over time.

    The three stages of the Stone Age mentioned are the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age, Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age, and Neolithic.

    Examples of megalithic structures mentioned include dolmens, stone circles like Stonehenge, stone rows, and menhirs or standing stones.

    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I:

    Pre Historic Architecture


    By: Ar. Chris Luna, uap

    A history of architecture is a record of mans


    efforts to build beautifully.

    It is concerned not only in sheltering man and


    ministering to his comfort, but also in providing
    him with places for worship, amusement, and
    business; with tombs, memorials,
    embellishments for his cities, and other
    structures for the varied needs of a complex
    civilization.

    Architecture had a simple origin in the primitive


    b. Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
    endeavors of mankind. It is an ancient and
    fashioned stone tools like the bow
    necessary art and thus the beginnings of
    made body coverings from animal hides
    architecture are part of prehistory.
    made the canoe for fishing
    built huts from bones, animal hides,
    Why did man seek shelter?
    reeds & grass
    1. Protection
    c. Neolithic
    from elements of nature
    Once human beings settle down to the business
    from wild animals
    of agriculture, instead of hunting & gathering,
    2. Comfort
    permanent settlements become a factor of life &
    to sleep & rest
    story of architecture can begin.
    3. Food storage
    polished stone tools for grinding, cutting
    4. Perpetuation of human life
    & chopping
    development of pottery
    agriculture (wheat & barley) &
    domesticated animals
    sew clothing from animal hides using
    fish bones as needles
    built huts of stones & mud with thatched
    roofing
    practiced burial rituals & built tombs

    2. Bronze Age
    most advanced metalworking with
    copper

    3 Stages in the Cultural Evolution of Man

    1. Stone Age
    3-Stage Chronology:
    a. Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
    used stone and bone as instruments
    livelihood from hunting & food gathering
    learned to make fire
    lived in caves & rock shelters

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    3. Iron Age b. Stone Circle
    cutting tools and weapons were mainly
    made of iron or steel

    Court Tomb, Ireland

    Stonehenge is one of the most famous sites in


    the world & composed of earthworks
    surrounding a circular setting of large standing
    stones.

    PREHISTORIC RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES

    A. Megalith
    is a large stone used to construct a structure
    either alone or together with other stones,
    utilizing an interlocking system without the
    use of mortar or cement.

    a. Dolmen/Cromlech
    2 or more upright stones supporting a
    stone or stone slab. The Stonehenge site and its surroundings were
    added to the UNESCOs list of World Heritage
    Sites in 1986.

    Wedge Tomb, Ireland

    Stonehenge Plan

    Archaeological evidence indicates that the


    Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its
    earliest beginnings.

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    c. Stone Row C. Barrow/Tumulus
    is an earthen mound burial.

    Tumuli, Gyeongju, Korea has 23 royal tombs from the Silla


    Dynasty

    PREHISTORIC DWELLINGS

    1. Rock Shelter is a shallow cave-like opening


    at the base of a bluff or cliff.
    Merrivale Stone Row, England

    B. Monolith or Maenhir is a great upright


    stone.

    Rock Shelter at Lane Cove, NSW, Australia

    2. Cave

    Avebury Monolith, England

    Jenolan Caves, NSW, Australia

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    3. Cliff Dwelling Katal Huyuk, Turkey, were rectangular, single-
    roomed with mud-plastered walls & floors.

    Guyaju Cliff Dwelling, China

    Access was by ladder from the roof. There were


    4. Hut
    no roads but everybody walked on each others
    roof.

    Clochan Beehive Hut, Ireland

    Mud Huts, Syria

    Terra Amata Hut, France

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    Eskimo Igloo, Alaska

    Apache Wickiup (grass & reeds) 5. Tent

    Tuareg Tents (Camel & Goat Hides)

    Native American Wigwam

    Prehistoric Mammoth Bone Hut, Ukraine


    Native American Tipi (Animal hide)

    Topic Sources and References:


    History of Architecture 20 edition Sir
    th

    Banister Fletcher, Architectural Press, 1996.


    Pre-historic Architecture PowerPoint
    Arch. Ma. Vicenta Sanchez, UST College of
    Architecture
    Various internet articles related to the topic

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