Prehistoric Flashcards
Tied up tree branches and built up by weaving flexible twigs through the main structure
Wigwam
Wigwam but with animal skins
Teepee
Snow blocks in a dome-like form
Igloo
Some of the oldest known structures
Beehive Hut
Houses with conical roofs
Trullo
Made out of megaliths
Stone Henge
Single stones standing and arranged in parallel rows.
Menhir
Portal tomb or portal grave or altars. post-and-lintel type but has 3 or more supporting stones.
Dolmen
Circular arrangement of menhirs around dolmens.
Cromlech
Upright slab forming part of a larger structure
Orthostat
A linear arrangement of upright,
parallel standing stones.
Stone Row
a straight standing stone topped with
another forming ‘T” shape.
Taula
Red color rock
Red Ocher
Red from insect
Cochineal Carmine
Red from roots
Madder