Houses reused for over 1000 years during Stone Age

[rangerrebew]

Houses reused for over 1000 years during Stone Age
January 17, 2018 - 06:20
 
By: Veronika Søum
 

Small, simple earthen huts from the Stone Age appear to have been used for 1000 years. They may have stood empty for 40-50 years at a time before being maintained and reused – again and again.

Archaeologist Silje Fretheim at NTNU’s Department of Archaeology and Cultural History finds that incredible. “Few buildings today have lasted for as long as 1000 years. Their use for that long tells us there was a point to maintaining the homes,” she says.

http://sciencenordic.com/houses-reused-over-1000-years-during-stone-age

[sneakypete]

“Few buildings today have lasted for as long as 1000 years. Their use for that long tells us there was a point to maintaining the homes,” she says.

Yeah,that people need shelter from the elements,and that they generally build these shelters in places where food and water are available.

[truth_seeker]

Stone buildings from Norman times, in France and Britain still stand. Adobes in our Southwest stand 200+ years.

The Pyramids. Aztec structures. Inca. Andes.

Buildings will last almost indefinitely with maintenance, which involves replacing aging, deteriorating materials. 

 

[driftdiver]

I've seen 700 year old houses in south Korea.   There are houses over 1000 which are still lived in.   Temples which are over 2000 years and still active.

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