Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 70
first constructive capabilities in the artof building. Herodotus tells us of a settlement on LakePrasias (Tachyus, in Ruroelia, where men live on plat-forms supported by tall | piles. Some tribes of the LAKE DWELLINGS. 49 Papuans of New Guinea still live on pile dwellings. Thelacustrine habitation… … 78.—Lacustnne Habitation in Lake Mohrya, Central Africa. (From LesJ\aces Saiivagts, by il. Bertillon.) Kellers Lake Dwellings, will give general ideas of thefoundations of the dwellings in Switzerland and UpperItaly. At A is seen the earliest type, which reveals thesection of the piles, upper…
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