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CUCUTENI-TRYPILLYA: A Great Civilization of Ancient Europe

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« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2008, 01:37:30 pm »




           








The working time differred from one tree to another according to their kind, size and the experience acquired by the cutter. Therefore, the first oak tree with the diameter of 0.24 m needed 2h and 11 min of effective work; for the second oak with an 0.18 m diameter it took 1 h and 16 min. An elm tree of 0.12 m diameter was cut down in 27 min and a lime tree of 0.13 m diameter in 8 min. Comparatively, an oak tree with the same size was cut down using an iron axe in 14 minutes and a lime tree in 2 min.

Then, the trees were cleaned off the canopy and the branches in a few minutes, except the first oak which needed 20 min.

The peeling was done with both the adse and the stone axe and it was more of a fine chopping of the bark and then the remains were removed by hand. Three persons finished the first oak tree in 1 hour and 12 min while the second tree was peeled by one person in 59 min. The difference was given by the fact that the first oak was peeled off before the cutting of the forks and it was difficult to handle the 9 m trunk. The second oak was sectioned first and then peeled. We had to try many methods of peeling until we found the easiest way.

Finally the trunks had to be cut in many parts of different sizes for the forks and pillars.

As soon as the wood was ready we started to raise the structure of the house. First we dug the holes in the ground at the corners. It was decided that the house would have 7 m length and 4 m width. There were 17 holes with the diameter of 0.50m and 0.75-0.85 m deep.
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