The Knap of Howar (/ˌnæpˌɒvˈhaʊər/) on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe.[1] Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied from 3700 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae on the Orkney Mainland.[2]
^"Knap of Howar" Historic Scotland. Retrieved 23 Sept 2011.
The KnapofHowar (/ˌnæp ˌɒv ˈhaʊər/) on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone...
Vol XXVI, Part III, pp414-417 "Knap of Howar" Historic Scotland. Retrieved 23 September 2011. "The Knap o' Howar, Papay". Orkneyjar. Retrieved 13 July...
museum and the KnapofHowar Neolithic farmstead run by Historic Scotland. It is the ninth largest of the Orkney Islands with an area of 918 hectares (2...
are a large number of Orkney–Cromarty chambered cairns, these were built by Unstan ware people. KnapofHowar, on the Orkney island of Papa Westray, is...
much of the megalithic culture, including styles of architecture and pottery, that developed much later in the southern British Isles. KnapofHowar Neolithic...
It is also part of a connector flight that links the island of Westray and the town of Kirkwall, the central and most populous town of the Orkney Islands...
occasionally at sites in Orkney other than tombs; for example, the farmstead ofKnapofHowar on Papa Westray. Although more recent excavations in Orkney have found...
the stone house at KnapofHowar on Papa Westray dating from 3500 BC, and greater concentrations of population. Extensive analyses of Black Loch in Fife...
Mehrgarh in Pakistan, 7,000 BC KnapofHowar and Skara Brae, the Orkney Islands, Scotland, from 3,500 BC over 3,000 settlements of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture...
is the Neolithic farmhouse at KnapofHowar, the earliest period is dominated by chambered cairns, numerous examples of which can be found from the 4th...
30 buildings of Neolithic and Bronze Age date, the earliest of which overlaps in use with the KnapofHowar on the neighbouring island of Papa Westray...
period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear...
settlements, such as the stone house at KnapofHowar on Papa Westray dating from 3500 BC, and greater concentrations of population. Although the Roman geographer...
houses of stone were constructed around 6,000 years ago, as at KnapofHowar, Orkney and settlements like Skara Brae. There are also large numbers of chambered...
in Europe beginning at least as early as the period 5000 to 6000 BC. KnapofHowar and Skara Brae, the Orkney Islands, Scotland, are stone-built Neolithic...
mid-4th millennium artifacts. Kish tablet Bronocice pot Ginger (mummy) KnapofHowar The Sahara desert starts to form from semi-arid savannah, through desertification...
Evidence of these includes the well-preserved stone house at KnapofHowar on Papa Westray, dating from around 3500 BC and the village of similar houses...
Butser Farm Neolithic house, 3800 BC, reconstruction at Butser Farm KnapofHowar, Orkney, Scotland, 3700–2800 BC It was in the 17th century AD that scholarly...
Neolithic Revolution List of Mesolithic settlements Mazurowski, M F; Michczyńska, D J; Pazdur, A; Piotrowske, N (2009). "Chronology of the early pre-pottery...
the country, many under the care of Historic Scotland. At the stone house at KnapofHowar on the Orkney island of Papa Westray (occupied from 3500 BC...
Meath, Ireland (c.3300–2900 BCE) KnapofHowar – oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe, on the Orkney island of Papa Westray occupied from 3500...
well preserved stone house at KnapofHowar on Papa Westray dating from 3500 BC predates by about 500 years the village of similar houses at Skara Brae...
This timeline of prehistoric Scotland is a chronologically ordered list of important archaeological sites in Scotland and of major events affecting Scotland's...
presence of Mesolithic nomadic tribes. The earliest known permanent settlement is at KnapofHowar, a Neolithic farmstead on the island of Papa Westray...
where a lack of trees led to most structures being built of local stone. The stone building at KnapofHowar at Papa Westray, Orkney is one of the oldest...
site) in Germany, 5,300 BC KnapofHowar and Skara Brae, the Orkney Islands, Scotland, from 3,500 BC over 3,000 settlements of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture...
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