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7/30/2019 Log Cabin Technology
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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