About the new ''Barbarian'' settlements model that you previewed

[Brennus]

The book is called : ''La question de la proto-urbanisation à l'âge de fer'' written in 2012.[/QUOTE]

Adding that to my reading list.

[wangchang]

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules....wpic&pid=84000
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules....wpic&pid=83547

A reconstructed Celtic village (museum) with 6 buildings and a watchtower. In the nearby there is a celtic garden.
fot further information:
http://www.keltendorf-steinbach.de/

Pretty houses. That + some potential paintings/decorations.

I think it's legit. Not entirely sure thought.

[Ibrahim]

those houses remind me of some of the ones in Germany to this day. (with the generally white color, and then the presence of these wooden beams going at angles). there are obviously major differences, but still, the resemblance is striking.

did they draw from a common thread, or did one influence the other, or did they evolve independently?

[Brennus]

Human beings can be very creative when developing their cultures, or they can be downright lazy. This type of house is simply a type which has proven to be long lived in temperate Europe. The predecessors of this type of house can be found in Linear Band Ceramic sites from the Neolithic.

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Human beings can be very creative when developing their cultures, or they can be downright lazy.

Or (as an alternative way of looking at it) the rule 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' seems appropriate.

[athanaric]

Human beings can be very creative when developing their cultures, or they can be downright lazy. This type of house is simply a type which has proven to be long lived in temperate Europe.

Long lived in more than one sense. There are houses of this type in Central Germany that are as old as 800 years (probably more, I'm not sure) and are still in use.

[Brennus]

Or (as an alternative way of looking at it) the rule 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' seems appropriate.

Very true.