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...in here: Istanbul's ancient past unearthed

"Neolithic culture changed as it moved west. Not all of what we call the 'Neolithic package' was transferred," explains Professor Mehmet Ozdogan of Istanbul University.

"Domesticated animals and some of the cereal crops came, but mud brick became wooden architecture, settlements were re-organised. The transformation is important to understand the Neolithic culture in Europe. Every new site adds data to the picture."




You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 01:48:45 PM EST
given that mud houses are actually thermally useful, I guess it was the damp of europe that did for their utility.

Yet, once thatch was invented with large eaves, mud came back in.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 04:21:51 PM EST
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