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  2. Neolithic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Early Neolithic structures and buildings can be found in southeast Anatolia, Syria, and Iraq by 8,000 BC with agriculture societies first appearing in southeast Europe by 6,500 BC, and central Europe by ca. 5,500 BC (of which the earliest cultural complexes include the Starčevo-Koros (Cris), Linearbandkeramic, and Vinča. [citation needed]

  3. List of archaeological periods (North America) - Wikipedia

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    They divided the archaeological record in the Americas into five phases, only three of which applied to North America. [1] The use of these divisions has diminished in most of North America due to the development of local classifications with more elaborate breakdowns of times. [2] 1. The Paleo-Indians stage and/or Lithic stage 2. The Archaic ...

  4. Archaeology of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    They also uncovered a large central plaza and at least 12 buildings, workshops, burial places of adults and children, and an altar that served a ritual purpose. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] In June 2022, archaeologists from the Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the discovery of a 1,300-year-old nine-inch-tall plaster ...

  5. List of oldest extant buildings - Wikipedia

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    New radiocarbon dating (2011) allow us to date the building of the first monument to 4000–3650 BCE, the second shrine dating to 3500–3000 BCE." [12] La Hougue Bie: Jersey: Europe: 4000–3500 BCE Passage grave: An 18.6 m (61 ft) long Neolithic passage grave with 12th century (medieval) chapel above [13] and World War II structures. [14] [15 ...

  6. History of architecture - Wikipedia

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    Architectural advances are an important part of the Neolithic period (10,000-2000 BC), during which some of the major innovations of human history occurred. The domestication of plants and animals, for example, led to both new economics and a new relationship between people and the world, an increase in community size and permanence, a massive ...

  7. List of oldest buildings in the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Oldest administrative building extant in Honduras. [31] Santa Barbara Fortress: Trujillo Honduras: 1550-1553 Fortification: Oldest military construction of European origin on the American mainland. [32] Iglesia de San Francisco: Bogotá Colombia: 1557–1566 Church: Oldest extant building in Colombia. [33] Castle de la Real Fuerza: Havana Cuba ...

  8. Architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    After the war, the uniquely American Stick Style developed as a form of construction that uses wooden rod trusswork, the origin of its name. The style was commonly used in houses, hotels, railway depots, and other structures primarily of wood. The buildings are topped by high roofs with steep slopes and prominent decoration of the gables.

  9. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    By the Neolithic era, also known as the New Stone Age, humans developed agriculture and started to cultivate plants and domesticate animals. This change from the nomadic lifstyle meant that humans started building walls and forming cities. [6]