Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1892)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 86
osed by a wall, in the centre of which is an openingleading into a porch, which is represented as being thatched.The platform on which the huts stand is supported by fourcolumns represented as consisting of logs, lying one upon theother. The roofs are unfortunately wanting. The sides areornamented… … 56 PICTS HOUSES. cases the door is in the roof. Dr. Lisch considers thatthese last urns are the earliest, and represent a form ofdwelling even more ancient than those in which the dooris in the side. To me, I confess, it seems more probablethat these urns belong to a later period, when the…
Archaeology · Indigenous peoples
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