Image Knapofhowarinsun.jpg right thumb 300px The front of the structures At Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney , Scotland, a Neolithic farmstead may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. ref http www.historic scotland.gov.uk propertyresults propertyoverview.htm?PropID PL 190 Knap of Howar Historic Scotland . Retrieved 23 Sept 2011. ref Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied from 37th century BC 3700 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae on the Mainland, Orkney Orkney Mainland . ref Wickham Jones 2007 p. 40. ref The site The farmstead consists of two adjacent rounded rectangular thick walled buildings with very low doorways facing the sea . The larger and older structure is linked by a low passageway to the other building, which has been interpreted as a workshop or a second house. They were constructed on an earlier midden , and were surrounded by midden material which has protected them. There are no windows the structures were presumably lit by fire, with a hole in the roof to let out smoke. Though they now stand close to the shore, they would have originally lay inland. The shore shows how the local Rock geology stone splits into thin slabs, giving a ready source of construction material. Image Knapp of Howar.jpg thumb 250px Looking back through the low entrance doorway into the main house, a visitor s backpack gives an idea of scale. Image Knapp of Howar 2.jpg thumb 250px The main house now ... The Knap o Howar http www.islandguide.co.uk orkney knap of howar.htm Knap of Howar, Papa Westray. coord ..., converted from OSGB36 grid ref Prehistoric Orkney DEFAULTSORT Knap Of Howar Category 4th millennium ... Category Former populated places in Scotland Category Neolithic Scotland de Knap of Howar fr Knap of Howar he nl Knap of Howar ru uk ... tombs nearby and to sites far afield including Balbridie and Eilean Domhnuill . The name Howar is believed ... more details
for the primitive technology Knapping wiktionary knapKnap is a surname, and may refer to Josef Knap 1900 1973 , Czech writer, poet and literary critic Ted Knap 21st century , American journalist Tony Knap born 1915 , college football head coach at Utah State, Boise State, and UNLV surname ... more details
Wadi Howar Wadi Howa is a wadi in Sudan and Chad . It travels approximately 400 kilometres in a northeasterly direction from the Ouadda highlands in Chad across the North Darfur state of Sudan, before losing itself in the Libyan Desert . Towards its western end it forms a part of the international boundary between Sudan and Chad, separating the West Darfur state of Sudan and the Borkou Ennedi Tibesti Region of Chad. The wadi is the remnant of the ancient Yellow Nile, a tributary of the Nile from about 8000 to 1000 BCE. ref Keding, B 2000 . New data on the Holocene occupation of the Wadi Howar region Eastern Sahara Sudan . Studies in African Archaeology 7, 89 104. ref It met the Nile near the southern point of the Great Bend of the Nile Great Bend . References Reflist coord missing Chad Category Wadi Category Rivers of Sudan Category Rivers of Chad Category International rivers of Africa Category Chad Sudan border Category North Darfur Category West Darfur Sudan geo stub Chad geo stub de Wadi Howar ... more details
Howar Ziad is the ambassador of Iraq to Canada . He is also a senior advisor to Jalal Talabani , the current president of Iraq . Prior to his diplomat ic career, Ziad and his family had a long history of participation in the Kurd ish freedom movement. His father, Kaka Ziad was Vice President of the KDP in the 1950s and was also a famous Kurdish leader of his time. As a young man, Howar Ziad was active in the Kurdish student movement while studying in Europe. He went on to represent Kurdish interests abroad for many years, including a five year stint as representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government at the United Nations 1999 2004 . Ambassador Ziad studied at Baghdad College and has a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics . External links http www.cfr.org publication.html?id 7674 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ziad, Howar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Iraqi ambassador DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ziad, Howar Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Alumni of the London School of Economics Category Ambassadors and High Commissioners to Canada Category Kurdish politicians Category Iraqi Kurdish people Category Iraqi diplomats Iraq politician stub asia diplomat stub ... more details
Use British English date August 2011 Use dmy dates date August 2011 File Tim Howar Mike & The Mechanics.jpg thumb 300px Tim Howar with Mike The Mechanics at Sofia Rocks Fest 2011. Tim Howar born 24 November, Spirit River, Alberta is a Canadian actor, singer and dancer, known as a London based rock vocalist with Mike the Mechanics . Career Howar attended Ross Sheppard High School , and sang with three choirs Alberta Youth Choir, the Centennial Singers, and Pro Coro Canada joined the Edmonton Musical Theatre Amateur Group and started dancing at 16 as an apprentice with Ballet North. He is also the only Canadian to win the Youth Talent International Competition in Memphis Tennessee USA.He had a scholarship to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet , which he declined ref http www.broadway.com gen Buzz Star File.aspx?ci 531934 Tim Howar, Star File Broadway.com Buzz ref Howar appeared in several Canadian productions of Broadway shows, and can also be heard in the Canadian Cast Recording of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , the original cast recording of Tonight s The Night London, and in voiceovers for various commercials and animations such as Gene Fusion He then made the step to the UK and London s West End theatre, in the lead role of Peggy Sue Got Married musical Peggy Sue Got Married . He later played Roger in the rock opera Rent musical Rent before being replaced by original Broadway ... Van Tramp previously known as El Camino . In 2010, Howar joined Mike The Mechanics along ... featuring Howar and Roachford as lead vocalists. Personal life Howar married British musical ... http www.timhowar.com Howar s official website ref They are currently in the process of divorce. Featured ... Achievement in Dance 1990 References reflist External links http www.timhowar.com Tim Howar ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Howar, Tim ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1969 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Howar, Tim Category ... more details
BLPsources date November 2011 Ted Knap is an United States American journalist . He moved from Indianapolis ... Ted Knap at DePauw University reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Knap, Ted ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knap, Thaddeus L. SHORT DESCRIPTION American journalist, active from 1940 ... Thaddeus L. Ted Knap, is perhaps best known for having been included on Nixon s enemies list despite his belief that I thought Nixon, except for Watergate a huge caveat , was a good president. Knap ... splashdown of the first astronauts to step on the moon. Knap was born in Milwaukee on May 19, 1920 ... II, Knap worked for six years for the Waukesha Wisconsin Daily Freeman as a reporter and then as city ..., Knap was sent to Washington as correspondent for the Indianapolis Times and the Evansville ... Howard national staff. Knap was president of the White House Correspondents Association in 1974 ... president. Knap caused some controversy over one White House dinner when, with Vice President ... of toasting the President alone, but Knap wished to avoid the scandal that might have occurred if a toast to the President alone brought boos from the hard drinking crowd. In 1973 Knap began the weekly ... that had been converted into press headquarters. When Knap finished writing at 4 a.m., he saw ... announced that the press bus was leaving at 5 o clock for the flight to Leningrad. Knap has stated ... writer, told Knap that he should have been more supportive of Nixon because Scripps Howard had endorsed Nixon. Alternatively, according to Knap, it may have been because I pestered Nixon at every ... that it was simply declare victory and get out. Nevertheless, Knap gave Nixon credit in his column ... aid to education, which previously had been anathema to Republicans. In Knap s opinion Nixon, unlike Reagan, thought government could be the solution. On Knap s den wall today are pictures of him .... Also on the wall is a picture of Knap and Nixon sitting on the back steps of the Behrens ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Cold Knap other name native name nickname settlement type District of Barry motto image skyline Cold Knap.jpg imagesize 300px image caption Cold Knap lake image flag flag size image seal seal size image map mapsize map caption pushpin map Wales Vale of Glamorgan Barry pushpin label position bottom pushpin map caption Location in Barry pushpin mapsize 300 pushpin map1 Wales Vale of Glamorgan pushpin label position1 bottom pushpin map caption1 Location in the Vale of Glamorgan pushpin mapsize1 300 coordinates region GB subdivision type Country subdivision name United Kingdom subdivision type1 Region subdivision name1 Wales subdivision type2 County subdivision name2 Vale of Glamorgan subdivision type3 Town subdivision name3 Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Barry government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone1 GMT utc offset1 0 timezone1 DST utc offset1 DST latd 51 latm 23 lats 14 latNS N longd 3 longm 17 longs 25 longEW W elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes Cold Knap is a district of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Barry in South Wales . Amenities Cold Knap is a coastal pebble beach. a few miles west of the sandy beach of Barry Island Vale of Glamorgan Barry Island . which attracts visitors during the summer months. It was founded by the Roman Britain Romans ... in, and the area turned into a tourist trail. Cold Knap Lake is the title and subject of a poem by Gillian ... s deckchair collapsed. File Cold Knap beach.jpg thumb left Cold Knap breach File Cold Knap beach2.jpg thumb left Cold Knap beach External links http www.geograph.org.uk search.php?i 3473898 www.geograph.co.uk Photos of Cold Knap and area coord 51 23 14 N 3 17 25 W region GB type city display title ... more details
Infobox cemetery name Belas Knap image Belas knap.jpg imagesize 240px caption Neolithic long barrow burial mound. established circa c . 4500 BC country UK location Winchcombe, Glos. coordinates coord 51 55 38 N 1 58 15 W display inline,title owner English Heritage size 178 ft 60 ft ish Belas Knap is a neolithic chambered long barrow , situated on Cleeve Hill , near Cheltenham and Winchcombe , in Gloucestershire , England ref name PS cite web url http www.pastscape.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 327811&sort 4&search all&criteria belas knap&rational q&recordsperpage 10 title English heritage Pastscape page for Belas Knap accessdate 7 December 2011 ref . It is a scheduled ancient monument in the care of English Heritage but managed by Gloucestershire County Council. Belas is possibly derived from the Latin word bellus , beautiful , which could describe the hill or its view. Knap is derived from the Old English language Old English for the top, crest, or summit of a hill. It is a type of monument known as the Cotswold Severn Cairn, all of which have a similar trapezoid shape, and are found scattered along the River Severn ref cite web url http www.megalithics.com england belas belamain.htm title Megaliths.com accessdate 29 March 2011 ref . Belas Knap is descriped in the English Heritage ... referred to as the Cotswold Severn group . Dimensions File Bellas Knap chamber 1.jpg thumb left ... ft m wide and nearly convert 14 ft m in height. Description File Bellas Knap chamber 2.jpg thumb The second ... and originally had corbelled roofs. ref name PS Excavation File Bellas Knap chamber 3.jpg thumb left ... date to the time when the mound was built. ref name PS Access File Bellas Knap chamber front.jpg ... Belas Knap http www.geograph.org.uk search.php?i 5547307 Photos of Belas Knap long barrow on geograph.org.uk http www.english heritage.org.uk daysout properties belas knap long barrow Belas Knap ... Category Barrows in the United Kingdom de Belas Knap ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Josef Knap July 28, 1900 December 13, 1973 was a Czech Republic Czech writer , poet and literary critic . Born in Pod l by Ji n , Knap studied at the Classical Grammar school until 1919. He graduated from the College of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague Charles University in Prague in 1924, with a degree in modern literature . During World War I and World War II , he traveled throughout Europe visiting countries including Germany , Sweden , Norway , Italy and France . From 1925 he worked in the theater department of the National Museum Prague National Museum of Czechoslovakia . He stayed there until 1951, eventually becoming the museum s administrator. His time there was interrupted by the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, which he spent in Arbeitsansatz . Because of theology theological themes in his work, Knap became a victims of the political persecution of Catholic intellectuals by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist government in the 1950s. In 1952, he was condemned without any evidence to eleven years in prison, but was released early in 1955 he was pardoned in 1967 during a brief period of political freedom . After his release he worked as a building laborer, and later in the Memorial of National Literature . In the 1960s, he focused on the history of theater groups. Based on his work in this area, he published Um lcov na pouti Czech language Czech Traveling artists in 1961. Knap died in Prague and is buried in eleznice by Ji n. In 1997, his memoirs were published under the name Bez posledn kapitoly Czech Without the last chapter . Works Knap s writings combine Literary realism realistic and impressionism impressionistic ... writers Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Knap, Josef ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... Knap, Josef Category Czech novelists Category Czech children s writers Category Czech translators Category ... Category Prisoners and detainees of Czechoslovakia cs Josef Knap de Josef Knap ... more details
For the British footballer Tony Knapp Infobox college coach name Tony Knap image Tony Knap.png image ... year CBASEHOF year Anthony Joseph Tony Knap December 8, 1914 &ndash September 24, 2011 was an United ... and college The oldest son of Polish Americans Polish immigrants, Knap was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ...&sjid PicEAAAAIBAJ&pg 1882,695377 Milwaukee Journal Knap, a former all city gridder, named head ... news.google.com newspapers?id iNZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid MfUDAAAAIBAJ&pg 7275,3101736&dq tony knap lyle smith&hl ...&sjid weMDAAAAIBAJ&pg 6861,2171850&dq tony knap lyle smith steve belko&hl en Spokesman Review Idaho is given final session 1937 10 06 p.15 ref Knap was a second team All Pacific Coast Conference ... 1968 02 01 p.15 ref not improved upon until 1971 Idaho Vandals football team 1971 . Knap was also ... graduation in 1939, Knap became a high school teacher and coach in Bonners Ferry, Idaho Bonners ... through 1948. ref cite news title Anthony Joseph Tony Knap, 96 first last url http lmtribune.com ... California Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, California . Knap accepted and moved his family south ... 22 6 .818 . ref name allcit College coach Utah State Knap left Pittsburg to become an assistant coach ... Knap recently passed away 2011 10 06 accessed 2012 03 25 ref He was credited with developing the big ... League NFL . Olsen selected Knap for his presenter at the enshrinement ceremonies in 1982. ref ... after the 1962 season and Knap was quickly promoted to head coach, ref name usuhead http news.google.com newspapers?id z8leAAAAIBAJ&sjid ZTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg 4937,3086302 Lewiston Morning Tribune Knap is hired ... his administrators, Knap resigned in January 1967 to accept a position with the BC Lions in the Canadian ... Spokesman Review Tony Knap resigns Associated Press 1967 01 19 p.11 ref In rivalry games, his ... NCAA in Division II NCAA Division II then the College Division and the Big Sky Conference . Knap .... While Knap was head coach, the Rebels played as an NCAA Division I FBS independent schools independent ... more details
Infobox nrhp name John Knap House nrhp type image Samuel Knap House, Oxen Walk, 984 Stillwater Road, Stamford Fairfield County, Connecticut .jpg caption Knap House in 1968 location 984 Stillwater Rd., Stamford, Connecticut lat degrees 41 lat minutes 4 lat seconds 35 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 33 long seconds 26 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin Connecticut built 1705 architect Knap,John architecture added March 05, 1979 area convert 0.8 acre governing body Private refnum 79002625 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The John Knap House , also known as Samuel Knap House , in Stamford, Connecticut was built in 1705. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ref name nris The listing includes two contributing buildings and one other contributing structure. ref name nris The house was built c. 1705 by a Capt. John Knap and was owned by his son, Lt. John Knap. The house was bought from the Lt. John Knap s estate by his son Samuel Knap in 1765. ref name nrhpinv3 It s believed to be the second oldest house in Stamford. ref name nrhpinv3 cite web url http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 79002625.pdf title National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination John Knap House date October 17, 1977 author David F. Ransom publisher National Park Service and http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Photos 79002625.pdf Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1977 ref References reflist External links http hdl.loc.gov loc.pnp hhh.ct0327 Samuel Knap House, Oxen Walk, 984 Stillwater Road, Stamford, Fairfield County, CT 6 photos and 1 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey DEFAULTSORT Knap, John, House National Register of Historic Places Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Category Houses completed in 1705 Category Houses in Fairfield County, Connecticut Category Buildings and structures in Stamford, Connecticut Connecticut ... more details
Image Kilmory 24Jl6 5338.jpg thumb Kilmory medieval Chapel possibly associated with the Knights Templar Image Kilmory 24Jl6 5307.jpg thumb Kilmory Knap Chapel MacMillan s Cross which originally stood in the Chapel Cemetery Image Kilmory 24Jl6 5326.jpg thumb Carved life size grave slabs mostly C14th and C15th at Kilmory Chapel Image Kilmoryknapchapel.jpg thumb Kilmory Knap Chapel Kilmory Knap Chapel is a 13th century Christian chapel, located at the tiny hamlet of Kilmory, in Knapdale , Argyll and Bute , on the west coast of Scotland . Kilmory Knap Chapel is on http www.ellary.com Ellary Estate , next to Loch Sween , on the opposite shore to Keills Chapel . When the roof was lost the building was used as a burial enclosure. The structure was re roofed in 1934 to hold a large collection of Early Christian cross slabs , late medieval graveslabs and standing cross es of West Highland type, from the 14th to 16th centuries. The chapel is an important historical site of Clan Macmillan of Knap . In the church is Macmillan s Cross, a well preserved piece of medieval carving, portraying the Chief of the clan with hunting dogs. ref historic scotland link 183 ref The chapel is cared for by Historic Scotland on behalf of the State. Simon Brighton associates Kilmory Knap Chapel with the Knights Templar suggesting the area may have given refuge to Templars fleeing persecution in France. ref cite book title In Search of the Knights Templar author Simon Brighton publisher Weidenfield & Nicholson year 2006 isbn 0297844334 ref Footnotes reflist coord 55 54 52 N 5 40 37 W region GB type landmark display title Category Churches in Argyll and Bute Category Category B listed buildings in Scotland Category Listed buildings in Argyll and Bute Category Listed churches in Scotland Category Museums in Argyll and Bute Category Religious museums in the United Kingdom Category Knapdale Argyll geo stub Scotland church stub nl Kilmory Knap Chapel ... more details
Armit identifies the islet of Eilean D mhnuill Scots Gaelic The Isle of Donald , Loch Olabhat on North Uist , Scotland as what may be the earliest crannog . Unstan ware pottery found there suggests a Neolithic period date of 3200 2800 BC. A surrounding timber screen and the turf walled houses seem to have been repeatedly taken down and rebuilt, and in the final phase two oblong stone footed structures bear a resemblance to Knap of Howar on Papa Westray , Orkney . See also Prehistoric Scotland References Scotland s Hidden History Ian Armit, Tempus in association with Historic Scotland 1998, ISBN 0 7486 6067 4 gbmapping NF747753 coord 57.64968 N 7.45528 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NF747753 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Prehistoric Western Isles Category Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC Category Crann gs Category Uist Category Freshwater islands of the Outer Hebrides Category Stone Age sites in Scotland Category Neolithic settlements Category Former populated places in Scotland Category Archaeological sites in the Western Isles Category Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Scotland Category Neolithic Scotland WesternIsles geo stub ga Oile n D mhnuill nn Eilean D mhnuill ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 The following events occurred in architecture in the 4th millennium BC Sialk ziggurat near Kashan , Iran 3200BCE gantija megalithic temple complex on the island of Gozo part of Malta , c.3600 2500 BCE Harappa fortified city of the Indus Valley Civilization with as many as 40,000 residents 3300 1600 BCE Northern Europe C ide Fields oldest known field systems in the world, located in West Ireland Br na B inne complex Neolithic passage tomb s in County Meath , Ireland c.3300 2900 BCE Knap of Howar oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe, on the Orkney island of Papa Westray occupied from 3500 3100 BCE Skara Brae Europe s most complete Neolithic village located in the Bay of Skaill in Orkney , Scotland Stonehenge the earliest phase of the monument has been dated to about 3100 BCE Sweet Track oldest known engineered roadway located in Shapwick, Somerset , England 3806 BCE See also Timeline of architecture DEFAULTSORT 4th Millennium Bc In Architecture Category 4th millennium BC architecture Architecture stub Art history stub fr IVe mill naire av. J. C. en architecture ... more details
Infobox Scottish island location map Scotland Orkney caption Holm of Papa shown within Orkney latitude 59.35 longitude 2.87 GridReference HY507519 celtic name norse name meaning of name area 15 ha area rank highest elevation 15 m Population 0 population rank main settlement island group Mainland Orkney Orkney local authority Orkney Orkney Islands references ref 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland ref ref name Smith Haswell Smith ref ref http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref Otherplaces3 Papa, Scotland Image Holm of Papay.jpg thumb left The Holm of Papa or Holm of Papay , Holm of Papa Westray and known locally as the Papay Holm , ref http www.papawestray.co.uk papawestray.co.uk. ref ref http www.themodernantiquarian.com site 208 themodernantiquarian.com. ref ref name Ojar http www.orkneyjar.com archaeology holmpapay.htm Eyebrows link Westray figurine with burial chamber Orkneyjar. Retrieved 17 July 2010. ref is a very small uninhabited island in the Orkney islands . It is around 15 ha 1000 x 150 metres in size. It can be visited from its neighbouring island Papa Westray , or Papay, an island less than a hundred metres west of the Holm. The main sight on the small island is the Southcairn, a 20 metre long chambered cairn dating from approx. 3500 BC, ref name Keay Keay, J. & Keay, J. 1994 Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland . London. HarperCollins. ref on whose stones one can find ancient carvings. ref cite web url http www.papawestray.co.uk papay pw official7.html title Holm of Papay publisher Papay Development Trust accessdate 2008 10 05 ref The long, stalled cairn, built of local stone, was once a communal burial place for the bones of an ancient community. It is protected by a modern roof and entered by a trapdoor from above. It is possible that the inhabitants of the Knap of Howar buried their dead here. There are three ancient chambered cairns on the holm. Visitors can arrange privately for small boat access through the Co op shop on Pap ... more details
Human Neolithic settlements by date Franchthi Cave in Greece , epipalaeolithic c. 10,000 BC settlement, reoccupied between 7500 6000 BC Spirit Cave in Thailand , 9000 5500 BC G bekli Tepe in Turkey, c. 9000 BC Jericho in West bank , Neolithic from around 8350 BC, arising from the earlier Epipaleolithic Natufian culture Nevali Cori in Turkey, c. 8000 BC atalh y k in Turkey , 7500 BC Pengtoushan culture in China , 7500 6100 BC Ain Ghazal in Jordan , 7250 5000 BC Chogha Bonut in Iran , 7200 BC Jhusi in India , 7100 BC Hacilar in Turkey, c. 7000 BC Ganj Dareh in Iran, c. 7000 BC Jiahu in China , 7000 to 5800 BC Mehrgarh in India now in Pakistan , 7000 BC Knossus on Crete , c. 7000 BC Lepenski vir in Serbia , 7000 BC Sesklo in Greece , 6850 BC with a 660 year margin of error Porodin in Republic of Macedonia , 6500 BC ref name eliznik http www.eliznik.org.uk EastEurope History balkans map developed neolithic.htm nogo Developed Neolithic period, 5500 BC ref Vrshnik Anzabegovo in Republic of Macedonia , 6500 BC ref name eliznik Lahuradewa in India , 6400 BC Pizzo di Bodi Varese , Lombardy in Italy , c. 6320 80 BC Sammardenchia in Friuli, Italy , ca 6050 90 BC, Star evo in Serbia , 6000 to 4200 BC Petnica in Serbia , 6000 BC Choirokoitia in Cyprus , 6000 BC Dispilio Tablet Dispilio in Greece , ca. 5500 BC Cucuteni Trypillian culture , c. 5500 BC, in Ukraine Ni , 5000 2000BC Hemudu culture in China , 5000 4500 BC, large scale rice plantation Tabon Cave Tabon Cave Complex in Quezon, Palawan , Philippines 5000 2000 BC Citation needed date February 2008 Sweet Track in England , dates from 3800 BC. Knap of Howar and Skara Brae , Orkney , Prehistoric Scotland Scotland , from 3500 BC and 3100 BC respectively Br na B inne in Ireland , c. 3500 BC Lough Gur in Ireland from around 3000 BC Singidunum Belgrade in Serbia, 3000 BC Lajia in China , 2000 BC References reflist DEFAULTSORT List Of Neolithic Settlements Category Neolithic Category Neolithic settlements ... more details
Kilmory may refer to Kilmory, Argyll and Bute , a village in Knapdale , Scotland Kilmory, Arran , a village on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Kilmory, Highland , a hamlet in Ardnamurchan, Scotland. Kilmory, R m , an uninhabited village on the island of R m, Scotland Kilmory Camanachd , a shinty team based in Lochgilphead. Kilmory Castle , a historic house and gardens near Lochgilphead, Scotland. Kilmory Knap Chapel , an ancient ruined chapel at Kilmory Knap, Knapdale, Scotland. disambig geo ... more details
Image unstan ware.gif thumb right Fragment of an Unstan ware bowl. Unstan ware is the name used by archaeologist s for a type of finely made and decorated Neolithic pottery from the 4th and 3rd millennia BC. Typical are elegant and distinctive shallow bowls with a band of grooved patterning below the rim, ref Henshall 1985, p. 88 ref using a technique known as stab and drag . A second version consists of undecorated, round bottomed bowls. ref Laing 1974, p. 51 ref Some of the bowls had bits of volcanic rock included in the clay to make them stronger. After firing, bone tools were used to burnish the surfaces to make them shiny and impermeable. ref Castleden 1987, p. 82 ref Unstan ware is named after the Unstan Chambered Cairn on the Mainland, Orkney Mainland of the Orkney Islands , ref Ritchie 1985, p. 48 ref a fine example of a stalled chambered tomb in a circular mound, where the style of pottery was first found in 1884. Unstan ware is mostly found in tombs, specifically tombs of the Orkney Cromarty type. ref Henshall 1985, p. 110 ref These include the so called Tomb of the Eagles at Isbister on South Ronaldsay , and Taversoe Tuick and Midhowe Chambered Cairn Midhowe on Rousay . ref Ritchie 1995, p. 54 ref Unstan ware has been found occasionally at sites in Orkney other than tombs for example, the farmstead of Knap of Howar on Papa Westray . ref Ritchie 1995, p. 52 ref There are scattered occurrences of Unstan ware on the Scottish Mainland, as at Balbridie , ref Reynolds & Ralston 1979 ref and in the Western Isles , as at Eilean Domhnuill . ref Henshall 1972, p. 177 ref Unstan ware may have evolved into the later grooved ware style. This interpretation was originally based primarily on a presumed evolution in pottery styles, from Unstan ware to grooved ware , seen at the settlement of Rinyo on Rousay . D.V. Clarke claimed in 1983 that his investigations at Rinyo had debunked this sequence. ref Clarke 1983, pp. 49 51 ref John Hedges is another primary proponent of ... more details
This article attempts to list the oldest extant freestanding buildings constructed in the world, including on each of the continents and within each country. Expand list date February 2011 class wikitable sortable Building Image Country Continent First Built Use Notes Barnenez Image Barnenez front2.jpg 100px Barnenez France Europe 4500 BC Passage grave The oldest megalithic monuments in Europe, perhaps the oldest monumental stone architecture in the world. ref http findarticles.com p articles mi hb3284 is n257 v67 ai n28633156 ref Megalithic Temples of Malta File Malta Hal Tarxien BW 2011 10 04 12 42 32.JPG 100px Tarxien Temple Malta Europe 3500 2500 BC Religious Temples Described by Colin Renfrew as the oldest free standing monuments in the world . ref http whc.unesco.org en list 132 Megalithic Temples of Malta UNESCO World Heritage Centre ref Knap of Howar File Knapofhowarinsun.jpg 100px Scotland Europe 3500 3100 BC House Oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe ref http www.historic scotland.gov.uk propertyresults propertyoverview.htm?PropID PL 190 Knap of Howar Historic Scotland . Retrieved 23 Sept 2011. ref Newgrange File Newgrange.JPG 100px Ireland Europe c. 3100 and 2900 BC Burial One of the oldest passage tombs in the world. ref O Kelly, Michael J. 1982. Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend. London Thames and Hudson. Page 13. ref Hulbjerg J ttestue File Hulbjerg J ttestue.jpg 100px Denmark Europe 3000 BC Passage grave The Hulbjerg passage grave is concealed by a round barrow on the southern tip of the island of Langeland. The walls of the 6.5m by 1.7m chamber consisting of 13 large uprights, tightly compacted with a fine wall of hewn stone tiles. When the Hulbjerg passage grave was excavated, archaeologists found the remains of 40 individuals who had been buried at different periods of the Neolithic Age. One of the skulls showed traces of the world s earliest dentistry work. ref http www.natmus.dk sw45608.asp ref ref http www.kulturarv.dk 1001forta ... more details
Anthony Knapp is a mathematician. Anthony Knapp is also the name of Anthony L. Knapp 1828 1881 , U.S. Representative from Illinois Tony Knapp born 1936 , British footballer See also Tony Knap born 1914 , college football coach hndis Knapp, Anthony DEFAULTSORT Knapp, Anthony ... more details
thumb The seaward walls of Knap of Howar The assemblage of monumental Neolithic structures ... Knapp of Howar 2.jpg thumb The interior of Knap of HowarKnap of Howar Neolithic farmstead is probably ... Armit 2006 pp. 31&ndash 33. ref ref http www.orkneydigs.org.uk howar.html The Knap of Howar Orkney ... is associated with small settlements like Knap of Howar, and stalled tombs such as Midhowe. Grooved ... more details
number of Orkney Cromarty chambered cairn s, these were built by unstan ware people. Knap of Howar ... to be the oldest preserved standing building in northern Europe. ref name Knap of Howar Cite web url http www.orkneyjar.com history knaphowar.htm title The Knap o Howar, Papay publisher ... more details
The known history of Orkney spans over 8,800 years, dating to Mesolithic times. Much of the early history is dominated by the Viking s, who used the islands as a base for their raids. In the late 14th century, the archipelago became associated with the Kingdom of Scotland , by which it latterly became part of the United Kingdom . Prehistoric Orkney main Prehistoric Orkney Image Orkney Skara Brae.jpg thumb 280px right Neolithic dwellings at Skara Brae , Orkney As with Prehistoric Scotland generally, the arrival of hunter gatherer s in Orkney Islands Orkney had to await the slow retreat of the ice age glacier glaciation . However the rapid spread of Neolithic culture up the western seaways brought early farming settlements and Megalithic culture. Prevalent use of the local sandstone which appears on the shore ready split into convenient building slabs has assisted with the preservation of numerous structures from this period. Numerous early stone structures are extant including prehistoric villages, broch s, souterrain structures, chambered cairn s and standing stone s The oldest stone house still standing in northern Europe occupied from 3500 BC to 3100 BC is at Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray , with walls intact to a low eaves height, and stone furniture looking very usable. Finely made and decorated Unstan ware pottery links the inhabitants to chambered cairn tombs nearby. Similar houses at Skara Brae on the Mainland are grouped into a village linked by low passageways, and date from about 3000 BC to 2500 BC . Pottery found here is of the grooved ware people grooved ware style which was found at the Standing Stones of Stenness , close to the exceptional Maeshowe passage grave type chambered cairn of about the same period. The nearby Ring of Brodgar circle of standing stones was one of the first to be analysed by Professor Alexander Thom to establish the likely use of standing stones as astronomical observatories. Another Neolithic village has been found ... more details
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