Build A Hut demonstrates the techniques and materials involved in constructing a traditional hut using natural resources.

“The first man wanted to build a shelter that would cover him without burying him.” With some logs found in the forest, he built a square covered with straw so that neither the sun nor the rain could ...

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THE article of most general interest in this excellent number is that by Mr. C. A. Boethius on primitive house types as illustrated from Mycenaean and Nordic structures. The results of recent ...

In days gone by, Europe’s high Alpine meadows were the summer destination of shepherds and cowherds, who brought their sheep and cattle up the valleys for herb-rich grasses. These seasonal visitors ...