Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Neolithic Settlement


We visited a neolithic village site at Choirokoitia, dated 9 centuries BC! The houses were small and round, constructed of rock and river stone. It's amazing to see how people lived so long ago, when NZ was so young it probably didn't even have the moa! The houses Kay is standing in front of, are reconstructions of the village. On the left you can just make out the circular design of the houses up the hill. The people were buried inside the houses, inhumation, our new word for the week!

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