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Clochen, prehistoric beehive hut, Fahan Ireland The ability of early man to shape his environment depended on the development and use of tools. Cutting tools allowed man to fashion shelters from sticks and poles covered with mud or animal skins. Stones, rocks and other materials found by early man were also used to build shelters. When early man emerged from cave dwellings into shelters created by his hands the history of architecture began. Building became more sophisicated as tools were refined. The Stone Age arguably began 3.4MYA when man started using stone as tools. The Stone Age is divided into Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic. The Paleolithic is characterized by group hunting using early stone tools: sharpened rocks and spears. The Mesolithic shows a transition to hunter-gatherer behaviour with smaller and more sophisicated tools roughly 15-20KYA depending on location. The Neolithic Age began around 12KYA. In particular, the Fertile Crescent shows a transition to farming, agriculture and animal husbandry around 7000BC. The smelting of copper began around 6000BC near the Fertile Crescent. The Neolithic Age ultimately gave way to the Bronze Age sometime around 3-4000BC as late as 2000BC in Scandinavia. Bronze is made of tin melting at 450F and copper melting at 1,985F. The Iron Age begins between 1200BC and 600BC depending on the region. For example, the Iron Age of Scandinavia is taken to end 800AD with the emergence of Vikings. Smelting of iron or steel requires temperatures in excess of 2,280F. [SB] {HO}


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