Material groups buildings by the principal substance they were built from. Wikipedia notes that a classical column's shaft is typically "made of stone, or appearing to be so," one of the oldest building materials still used today alongside brick, timber and steel. This dimension shows which buildings share a common physical fabric.
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An exceptionally well-preserved house dating to the fifth millennium BC and with its contents still preserved was for example excavated at Tell Madhur in Iraq.
Wikipedia, House, history section, region
An exceptionally well-preserved house dating to the fifth millennium BC and with its contents still preserved was for example excavated at Tell Madhur in Iraq.
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