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The earliest stone tools to date have been found at the site of Lomekwi 3 (LOM3) in Kenya and they have been dated to around 3.3 million years ago. [1] The archaeological record of lithic technology is divided into three major time periods: the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New Stone Age). Not all ...
Hayrake table in oak by Gordon Russell [1] Hayrake table in oak by Peter Waals [2] A hayrake table is a distinct pattern of table produced as part of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the early part of the twentieth century. [3] Its distinctive feature is the arrangement of the lower stretcher between the legs as a double-ended Y-shape.
Ancient furniture was made from many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory.It could also be decorated in many different ways. Sometimes furniture would be covered with upholstery, upholstery being padding, springs, webbing, and
Drainage tile, graded 1":8' to daylight, is then placed at the bottom of the trench in a bed of washed stone protected by filter fabric. The trench is then filled with either screened stone (typically 1-1/2") or recycled rubble. A steel-reinforced concrete grade beam may be poured at the surface to provide ground clearance for the structure.
The ishigaki of Ōzu Castle. Burdock piling (牛蒡積み, gobouzumi) is an advanced Japanese technique for building stone walls, named after the resemblance of the rough stones used to the ovate shapes of the blossoms of Japanese burdock plants.
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His database shows that games lost due to injury across the entire NBA are already up to 686 games in the first three weeks of the season, a dramatic increase from 507 last season at the same mark ...
Loose in-fill material is packed as a filler and the external and internal skins of the wall are held together by cross braces or dovetail (maanvi). As the wall rises, the stone courses decrease and the wood sections gradually increase. The heavier stone base carries the lighter wooden structure at upper levels.