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A new research done in archaeological sites of Naturian culture indicates that the transition from round to rectangular housing was not linear.
A new published in Archaelogical Research in Asia challenges longtime belief that early human societies have moved from rounded houses to rectangular houses in a linear way. Instead, the results suggest that architectural development in the next East, between 15 000 and 8,500 years, was much more diverse than it was overly.
A team of archaeologists used the computer analysis to study 118 structures of 23 old sites From the Mediterranean region and the Jordan Valley, an area often considered as the cradle of complex human villages. Its conclusions indicate that primitive dwellings had a much wider range of ways than the simple round to rectangular progression that is traditionally thought to have occurred, explains the.
The study concluded that Natufian culture, a company of hunter-gatherers who prospered between 15 000 and 11 500 years in what is today Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, was from first to build rectangular buildings. However, its structures were still very varied in terms of form, suggesting that formalized architectural conventions had not yet been established. With the advancement of the neolithic period, the architectural forms became more standardized, which points to the emergence of organized construction methods, explains the.
Currently, rectangular buildings dominate the modern world, and experts have long speculated on the reasons behind this geometric preference. A 2006 test proposed several theories, including the role of gravity in ensuring stability, the efficiency of rectangular provisions In maximizing the use of space and the ease of construction of straight angle structures with traditional tools, such as T squares and defined squares.
It is not yet known whether ancient builders have consciously chosen rectangular designs for their practical advantages or if these structures are simply still visible due to their resistance. Regardless of this, buildings with straight angles have become the pattern, shaping human architecture for thousands of years.
