Skara Brae is the ruins of a settlement period of the Neolithic, located in the Skaill Bay on the west coast of the Orkney Islands of Scotland, is one of the prehistoric monument most notably in Europe.
In winter 1850, a major storm struck the Skaill Bay in the Orkney Islands in the north east of Scotland, was Skara Brae village buried under sand dunes, until 1927, the archaeologists new school embarked on the excavations of this area, where people lived there 5,000 years ago.
After Skara Brae village excavated, was found and only 10 houses, built with flat stones stacked in earth dams without mortar. The walls of each house is made of sandstone slabs with walls and roof gravel, and sometimes the bones of animals.
The house is fairly simple design, they look like small square huts linked together by the entrance of the complex. The average size of each house here is about 40m2, with the number of residents living in that period is not more than 50 people.
The interior of the house including tables, chairs, beds and several stone artifacts are mysterious carvings. The space between each house was placed a rectangular fireplace, used for heating and cooking food. Along each side wall is a stone bed covered with animal skins, are listed next to a pantry. All items in daily use remains intact and best preserved is probably covered by sand dunes for thousands of years.
Residents lived in this area are farmers doing animal husbandry, horticulture, hunting and fishing. They are also skilled craftsmen working on the animal skeletons, stone sculpture, decorative vessels, fabrication tools and pottery workers.
Skara Brae village is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Today, under the action of natural erosion and invasion of fierce sand and sea makes the village more and more sea. Add to that the large number of tourists caused many problems for the region. Faced with this critical condition, local authorities are implementing several different measures to preserve, to reduce the damages are and will be held for the relics.
In winter 1850, a major storm struck the Skaill Bay in the Orkney Islands in the north east of Scotland, was Skara Brae village buried under sand dunes, until 1927, the archaeologists new school embarked on the excavations of this area, where people lived there 5,000 years ago.
After Skara Brae village excavated, was found and only 10 houses, built with flat stones stacked in earth dams without mortar. The walls of each house is made of sandstone slabs with walls and roof gravel, and sometimes the bones of animals.
The house is fairly simple design, they look like small square huts linked together by the entrance of the complex. The average size of each house here is about 40m2, with the number of residents living in that period is not more than 50 people.
The interior of the house including tables, chairs, beds and several stone artifacts are mysterious carvings. The space between each house was placed a rectangular fireplace, used for heating and cooking food. Along each side wall is a stone bed covered with animal skins, are listed next to a pantry. All items in daily use remains intact and best preserved is probably covered by sand dunes for thousands of years.
Residents lived in this area are farmers doing animal husbandry, horticulture, hunting and fishing. They are also skilled craftsmen working on the animal skeletons, stone sculpture, decorative vessels, fabrication tools and pottery workers.
Skara Brae village is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. Today, under the action of natural erosion and invasion of fierce sand and sea makes the village more and more sea. Add to that the large number of tourists caused many problems for the region. Faced with this critical condition, local authorities are implementing several different measures to preserve, to reduce the damages are and will be held for the relics.
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