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Rings of upright wooden posts
In archaeology, timber circles are rings of upright wooden posts, built mainly by ancient peoples in the British Isles and North America. They survive
Timber_circle
Bronze Age monuments in Norfolk, England
English county of Norfolk. A timber circle with an upturned tree root in the centre, Seahenge, along with the nearby timber circle Holme II, was built in the
Seahenge
Neolithic monument in County Meath, Ireland
large timber circle (or henge) was built to the southeast of the main mound and a smaller timber circle to the west. The eastern timber circle consisted
Newgrange
Neolithic henge and timber circle monument near Stonehenge
Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles (3.2 km)
Woodhenge
Prehistoric monument in England
same time, a large timber circle and a second avenue were constructed at Durrington Walls overlooking the River Avon. The timber circle was oriented towards
Stonehenge
Surgically drilling a hole in the skull
by a circular trephine or crown saw Burr hole done by drilling several circle holes closely to create a space and then cut/chisel the bone between the
Trepanning
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
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Chalcolithic
Type of Neolithic earthwork
featured stone or timber circles, and circle henge is sometimes used to describe these structures. The three largest stone circles in Britain (Avebury
Henge
Period of human history before records
and may thus be the first known instance of agriculture. c. 9,000 BCE – Circles of T-shaped stone pillars erected at Göbekli Tepe in the Southeastern Anatolia
Prehistory
Prehistoric period before metal tools
Grotte du Lazaret, Nice, France. A structure with a roof supported with timber, discovered in Dolní Věstonice, the Czech Republic, dates to around 23,000
Stone_Age
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
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Spear-thrower
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
be the oldest known human-made place of worship. At least seven stone circles, covering 25 acres (10 ha), contain limestone pillars carved with animals
Neolithic
Archaeological complex in County Meath, Ireland
2000 BC. During the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, a huge double timber circle or "wood henge" was built on the hilltop. It was 250m in diameter and
Hill_of_Tara
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
reached, and by c. 27,000 BP humans were present in Siberia, above the Arctic Circle. By the end of the Upper Paleolithic Age humans had crossed Beringia and
Paleolithic
Subdivision of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age
called the last ice age). Such changes may have reduced the supply of usable timber and forced people to look at other materials. In addition, flint becomes
Upper_Paleolithic
Late Neolithic palisaded enclosure
others apparently modified to hold massive timbers, interpreted as belonging to a 1.2-mile-wide (1.9 km) circle or circuit of 10-metre (33 ft) pits of Neolithic
Durrington_Walls
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Stone_tool
Prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
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Lion-man
2008 Alexander, André (2006) "The Lhasa Jokhang – is the world's oldest timber frame building in Tibet?" Web Journal on Cultural Patrimony. University
List of oldest extant buildings
List_of_oldest_extant_buildings
Place for a fire to heat the home and to cook food, usually of masonry
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Hearth
Pre-Columbian Native American culture
were used to outline designs for tattooing. Postholes from a number of timber circles have been found during excavations of Adena culture causewayed ring
Adena_culture
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
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Petroglyph
First epoch of the Quaternary Period
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Pleistocene
Calendar based only on the Moon
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Lunar_calendar
Aspect of human history
of base campsites. Building a hearth or other fire enclosure, such as a circle of stones, would have been a later development. The ability to make fire
Control of fire by early humans
Control_of_fire_by_early_humans
Dwelling
demand from the Education Act 1944 Laing hut – a prefabricated lightweight timber wall sections bolted together, externally clad with plasterboard and felt;
Hut
Axe specifically designed for combat
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Battle_axe
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
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Lower_Paleolithic
Peoples who forage or hunt for most or all of their food
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Hunter-gatherer
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
the "Neolithic package" (including farming, herding, polished stone axes, timber longhouses and pottery) spread into Europe, the Mesolithic way of life was
Mesolithic
Crops native to the New World
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New_World_crops
Caves in France containing Paleolithic paintings
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Lascaux
European archaeological culture, 2800–1800 BC
méditerranéennes (8). doi:10.4000/pm.2286. Gibson, Alex (1992). "The timber circle at Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled, Welshpool, Powys: Ritual and sacrifice in Bronze
Bell_Beaker_culture
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
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Aurignacian
Castle Holly Solstice Panel in Hovenweep National Monument Moorehead Circle, timber circle in Ohio Octagon Earthworks Serpent Mound Skystone near Naches Trail
List of archaeoastronomical sites by country
List_of_archaeoastronomical_sites_by_country
European Middle Paleolithic culture
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Mousterian
Ring of standing stones
A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany
Stone_circle
Neolithic sculpture found in Turkey
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Seated_Woman_of_Çatalhöyük
Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt
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Prehistoric_Egypt
Earth blocks for construction
strength and durability. Nevertheless, in some warm regions with very little timber available to fuel a kiln, mudbricks continued to be in use. Mudbricks remain
Mudbrick
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
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Cave_painting
Series of timber circles at the Cahokia archaeological site, US
The Cahokia Woodhenge was a series of large timber circles located roughly 850 metres (2,790 ft) to the west of Monks Mound at the Mississippian culture
Cahokia_Woodhenge
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
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Gravettian
Object that reflects an image
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Mirror
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
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Acheulean
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures
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Magdalenian
Memory aid device
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Tally_stick
Archaeological site in Turkey
and ovens to escape. Houses had plaster interiors accessed by squared-off timber ladders or steep stairs. These were usually on the south wall of the room
Çatalhöyük
Mound of earth and stones raised over graves
that as Attila's body was lying in state, the best horsemen of the Huns circled it, as in circus games. An Old Irish Life of Columcille reports that every
Tumulus
Archaeological site in Ohio, US
separate smaller circular enclosure that contained the remains of a timber circle. To the east of the main enclosure on a high terrace overlooking the
Stubbs_Earthworks
Class II henge. Catholme ceremonial complex, Neolithic henge enclosure, timber circle and pit alignments Castle Dykes Henge, Neolithic Class I henge. Drove
List of prehistoric structures in Great Britain
List_of_prehistoric_structures_in_Great_Britain
Architectural elements typical of European megalithic structures
suggested to be analogous to later Neolithic and Bronze Age stone and timber circles and henges which also demonstrate an attempt to demarcate a distinct
Megalithic architectural elements
Megalithic_architectural_elements
Type of earth shelter with ancient origins
grubenhäuser did not have suspended floors at all. A gabled roof supported by the timber posts covered the hut, which likely had no windows and had a single entrance
Pit-house
Ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England
(determined using dendrochronology – tree-ring dating) and is the second-oldest timber trackway discovered in the British Isles, dating to the Neolithic. The Sweet
Sweet_Track
Simple curve of Euclidean geometry
and circuit are closely related. Prehistoric people made stone circles and timber circles, and circular elements are common in petroglyphs and cave paintings
Circle
Archaeological culture
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Oldowan
Old Stone Age musical instruments
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Paleolithic_flute
Paleolithic artifact from Congo
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Ishango_bone
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
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Solutrean
Oldest form of prehistoric art
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Art_of_the_Upper_Paleolithic
Disputed oldest known musical instrument
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Divje_Babe_flute
Room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings
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Kiva
Fossil site in San Diego County, California
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Cerutti_Mastodon_site
Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
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Behavioral_modernity
100 kya: Earliest structures in the world (sandstone blocks set in a semi-circle with an oval foundation) built in Egypt close to Wadi Halfa near the modern
Timeline_of_prehistory
Neolithic henge monument
The Goseck Circle (German: Sonnenobservatorium Goseck) is a Neolithic structure in Goseck in the Burgenlandkreis district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It
Goseck_Circle
Archaeological site in Louisiana, US
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Watson_Brake
Prehistoric artwork in the Saharan desert
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Saharan_rock_art
Earlier part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia
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Pre-Pottery_Neolithic
Set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age
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Schöningen_spears
Type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof
characteristics of such structures by the layout of the postholes, although a few timbers were found preserved in bogs. The rest has been postulated by experimental
Roundhouse_(dwelling)
Bronze Age Europe artefacts
their whole length and extent. The ornaments - mostly disks and concentric circles, sometimes wheels - were punched using stamps, rolls or combs. The older
Gold_hat
Distinctive type of stone knapping technique used by ancient humans
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Levallois_technique
Archaeological site in Staffordshire, England
of a timber circle, have been detected. There are about 225 closely spaced postholes; they are positioned so that there are five concentric circles, and
Catholme_ceremonial_complex
Small stone-built coffin-like box, ossua or dolmen
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Cist
Act of shaping stone materials
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Stone_carving
Original agricultural crops
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Founder_crops
Type of Bronze Age chamber tomb
with no formal means of access from the outside. In both sub-types a stone circle surrounds the whole tomb and a kerb often runs around the cairn. The standing
Clava_cairn
Paleolithic artefact from South Africa
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Lebombo_bone
Form of prehistoric art
across, pecked into a rock surface and often surrounded by concentric circles also etched into the stone. Sometimes a linear channel called a gutter
Cup_and_ring_mark
Implement used for water-borne propulsion
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Oar
The appearance of the site is similar to that of the megalithic stone circles found throughout Britain (although the function and culture are presumably
Indigenous_Australian_art
Neolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800–6500 BC
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Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_B
Religions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period
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Paleolithic_religion
Petrospheres from late Neolithic Scotland
artefacts. The core distribution also reflects that of the Recumbent stone circles. As objects they are very easy to transport and a few have been found on
Carved_stone_balls
New World prehistoric projectile
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Clovis_point
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
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Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A
Period in Levantine history
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Epipalaeolithic
Prehistoric tool
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Celt_(tool)
Prehistoric site in Wiltshire, England
Avebury stone circle Longstones/ Beckhampton Avenue Kennet Avenue Silbury Hill West Kennet Long Barrow The Sanctuary The Sanctuary was a stone and timber circle near
The_Sanctuary
Megalithic tradition of monuments
monuments of various kinds. These include not only stone circles, but also earthen henges and timber circles. This transition toward circular monuments had symbolic
Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany
Stone_circles_in_the_British_Isles_and_Brittany
Human-made markings on natural stone
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Rock_art
Stone tool
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Microlith
Music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory)
lithophones, of the acoustics of ritual sites such as chamber tombs and stone circles, and the exploration of prehistoric instruments using acoustic testing
Prehistoric_music
Neolithic monument, Arran, Scotland
The stone circles are positioned over previous timber circles. A radiocarbon date of 2030 ± 180 BCE has been found for the timber circle at Machrie Moor
Machrie_Moor_Stone_Circles
Relationship between language and human evolution
after Saussure's death. Functional structuralists including the Prague Circle linguists and André Martinet explained the growth and maintenance of structures
Origin_of_language
Neolithic archaeological site in Balochistan, Pakistan
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Mehrgarh
Archaeological site in Armenia
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Areni-1_winery
Throwing weapon
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Throwing_stick
Items buried along with the body
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Grave_goods
TIMBER CIRCLE
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Male
Yiddish
(לִיבֶּער) Yiddish name LIEBER means "beloved."
Male
Czechoslovakian
, of the Tiber (river).
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Ruler; Cyneburg's Field
Boy/Male
Celtic American English
Cuts timber.
Girl/Female
Muslim American Arabic English Gaelic
Jewel. Amber stone.
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Cynebeal, KIMBEL means "royal courage."
Boy/Male
Australian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Slavic
Sacred Place; Of the River Tiber
Male
Russian
Variant spelling of Russian Timur, TIMOUR means "iron."
Male
Hungarian
Czech and Hungarian form of Roman Tiburtius, TIBOR means "of the Tiber (river)."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rimer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant of Pamber, a habitational name from a place in Hampshire named Pamber, from Old English penn ‘fold’, ‘enclosure’ + beorg ‘hill’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Darkness
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called from their situation on a stream with this name. Humber is a common prehistoric river name, of uncertain origin and meaning.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A conspirator against Caesar.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : unexplained.
Male
Yiddish
 Variant spelling of Yiddish Lieber, LIBER means "beloved." Compare with another form of Liber.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from East and West Kimber in the parish of Northlew in Devon, so named from Old English cempa ‘warrior’ (or the Old English personal name Cempa) + bearn ‘grove’, ‘wood’. It may also be an altered form of Kimbrough.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Kinberg.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a tin worker, Middle English tinier, an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English tin.
Male
German
German byname BAMBER means "short and fat."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, one in Surrey, the other in Wiltshire. The former is named in Old English as ‘Imma’s enclosure’ (see Worth); the latter as ‘Imma’s lake’ (from mere ‘lake’, ‘pond’).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Ingber, from Yiddish imber ‘ginger’.German : nickname for an industrious person or metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle High German imbe, imme ‘bee’.
TIMBER CIRCLE
TIMBER CIRCLE
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
King of Kings
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Great
Boy/Male
English
Cow pasture.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Beloved
Girl/Female
Muslim
Integrity and virtuous
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Daughter of Musafh; she was a narrator of hadith
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Abbott, ABOTT means "father."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hebrew
Fertile
Boy/Male
Tamil
Wind
Girl/Female
African, American, Danish, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
A Spice or Palm Tree; Date Palm; Magic
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v. t.
To surmount as a timber does.
n.
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
n.
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
n.
A young timber tree.
imp. & p. p.
of Timber
n.
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
v. t.
To cumber.
a.
Limber.
a.
Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.
v. i.
To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
n.
Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
n.
Same as 1st Timber.
v. t.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
v. t.
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
n.
The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
n.
See 1st Timber.
a.
Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.
a.
Massive, like timber.
n.
A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
v. t.
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.