Neolithic architecture

History of Architecture begins in the Neolithic period, roughly 10,000 years ago or at the time when people stopped living in cages and began constructing homes. Architecture is the desire to construct an architectural artefact fuelled by the desire to create more than just beauty but comfort and elegance. The Architecture is derived from the […]

Prehistoric architecture

Here's some information about the Neolithic Period of Ancient Greece.

Some images of primitive shelters

Neolithic homes 5000BC

Neolithic houses at Stonehenge Visitors Centre

Ain Ghazal, Outskirts of Amman, Jordan. Pre-pottery Neolithic Settlement. Around 7000BC - Archaeology Illustrated

A reconstruction of a Neolithic age fortified village showing a palisade wall and stilt houses. The Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen, Germany.

The Neolithic Temples of Gozo, Malta were built 1,000 years before the pyramids, and are the oldest stone buildings in the world. The construction of these buildings show a mastery of quarrying, stone working, building and engraving techniques, and must be the work of a mature culture.

Reconstruction and plan of Neolithic village of Dhimini, Thessaly. Final phase at the site, 4800-4500 BCE, shows early form of Megaron, or porched house, dominating central settlement.

Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. WHAT IS KNOSSOS FAMOUS FOR? Apart from its construction and architecture, the Minoan Palace of Knossos is most famous for its connection to Greek mythology. Namely, the tale of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur and the one of Daedalus and Icarus. (Wikipedia)

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KHIROKITIA, Cyprus: was occupied from the 7th until the 4th millennium BC. Today it is one of the best-preserved prehistoric sites of the eastern Mediterranean. Much of its importance lies in early evidence of an organised, collective society, with surrounding fortifications for communal protection. Neolithic inhabitants ate by farming crops, herding sheep & goats, & raising pigs.