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Figure 2. Wattle and Stake

History

Figure 1. Wattle and Daub Figure 3. Log Notching

Figure 4. Neolithic House

Wattle and Daub the 1st Chinking Techniques

The wattle and daub technique was used

already in the Neolithic. It was common for

houses of the Linearbandkeramic and

Rssen cultures of Central Europe, as well as

in North America Mississippian Culture. Its

usage dates back at least 6000 years.

. The walls could be made with wattles,

woven from brushwood or withies (thin

wands) coppiced from nearby woodlands.The Log Cabin was built in such a manner

utilizing local woodland materials and clay

or mud for chinking .

The origin of the log Cabin is uncertain. It is

probable that it began in northern Europe

sometime in the Bronze Age (c. 3,500 B.C.). By

the time Europeans began to settle in America,

there was a long tradition of using l ogs for

houses, barns, and other outbuildings in the

Scandinavian countries, Germany, and

Northern Russia. The techniques of how to

build log cabins came to America with these

immigrants or settlers.

Stake and Weaving to Log and Notching

The wattle is made by weaving thin branches

(either whole, or more usually split) or slats

between upright stakes. The wattle may be made

as loose panels, slotted between timber framing to

make infill panels, or it may be made in place to

form the whole of a wall.

The Log notching acts as the weaved branches in

the wattle by also providing a stable wall and

interlocking the logs with one another as from one

stake to another as with the wattle.

Neolithic Structures to Log Cabins

The following pictorial examples

show the evolution of wood structures

of the Neolithic period to 1800s pioneer

style cabin.

Famous Log Ca

Figure 5. Frontier Log Cabin Metal Axe

Stone Tools

Figure 7. Abraham Lincol

Figure 8. General Ulys

Figure 9. President Mil

Figure 10. President Ja

Figure 6. Modern Log Cabin Lumber Mill