Each building did one job, and the shape is the job. Here are fifteen.
1. A Very Tall Pair of Doors Means Loaded Carts
Enormous doors in the middle of…
Somebody laid it, and then everybody dug it up. Here are ten.
1. Large Rectangular Slabs Mean Somebody Was Spending
Big sawn stone flags were expensive and were laid where…
One fire, one anvil, and everything metal for a mile. Here are twelve.
1. The Fire Was Not Hot Because It Was Big
A forge fire is small and concentrated,…
Usually the oldest ground in the village, and it keeps records. Here are seventeen.
1. The Ground Is Higher Than the Street
Centuries of burial add material rather than remove…
The shape of a letter is usually treated as a matter of convention, and to a large extent it is. But writing systems designed for a specific material carry that…
The useful question about any old route is what it was for, because the purpose determined the line - and routes made for different purposes look completely different on the…