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Primitive Architecture
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Architecture normally goes hand in hand with an “enclosure of spaces with at least some aesthetic intent”(Stokstad, p.45)
But even the simplest forms and structures are far from simple to bring to life. This is especially true for the case at hand, as we look at the beginnings of architecture itself, in Prehistoric times.
. Consider the fact of having little to no real tools, access to only materials that are provided by your surroundings, and no examples/experience to feed ideas and needs. This was the situation during architectures primitive beginnings, with one exception, many regions of the Upper Paleolithic up until Neolithic times were found to have constructed shelters and other architecture that was far from simple. Examples of this are the mammoth-bone house colonies that were found in Russia’s treeless grasslands. These constructs were far from simple as they were found to be thirteen to twenty six feet in diameter, circular or oval huts, built using mammoth skulls, shoulder blades, pelvic bones, and basically everything they could use to achieve their goal or vision. Their construction goes as far as including roof supports, and arched doorways, using mammoth tusks. Here we see various fundamentals that are found to be fundamental even to today’s architects. From using and creating mediums to work with, to the use of arches and curvatured ceilings for support. Most importantly of all it demonstrates that since the beginnings of time an architects most important tool, was and is their ingenuity and their ability to bring forth the ideas in their heads and make them a reality.
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