PLAY Oldest dwelling place in the world (photo fun - use your intuition)

[coalcracker]

Which structure is the oldest known dwelling place in the world?


Photo “A” - Iran



Photo “B” - New Mexico



Photo “C” - Israel



Photo “D” - Scotland

 

[jward]

Folks, please recall that we are asked NOT to tell the answers until after the game officially
concludes. That is sometime Saturday, IIRC. I o' course am a sweet southern lady who'll
just pat yer shoulder and offer cookies if you forget---- Others :: not looking at Bev :: may
borrow me thwapper n object strenuously :: eek face ::


As always, there will be special punch n finger foods for those in the losers' lounge...
..unfortunately I get excluded from play- again- coz I not only know the answer to this
weeks' question, but am certain I've lived in one of the dwellings in a past life.

 

[Rabbit]

A

 

[Old Greek]

16

















Opps - wrong thread - C

 

[FireDance]

D

 

[Sid Vicious]

D

 

[cyberiot]

My first reaction was, what about Gobekli Tepe in Turkey? But I'm not sure if they've unearthed dwellings at that site, so I'm gonna go with A in Iran. Tigris-Euphrates, Fertile Crescent, Cradle of Civilization, and all that jazz.

Love what they've done with the place . . .

 

[Hognutz]

Gonna wild ass guess -D

 

[Hognutz]

Israel has jerico which is lije one of the okdest cities in the world, but dunno if people still live in old houses

 

[Hognutz]

Coalcracker, doesnt say whether it been continuessly been occupied

 

[Walrus Whisperer]

D

 

[coalcracker]

Coalcracker, doesnt say whether it been continuessly been occupied

Sorry, bro. Not necessarily continuous. Looking for the earliest occupied (and still standing).

 

[Josie]

Going with "C" because the other options look better preserved. With my luck, "C" is probably some place that was recently bombed.

 

[Jaybird]

D

 

[changed]

D Monty Python, "I lived in a hole in the ground."

 

[Grounded Idealist]

I’m torn between A & C, so gonna WAG it and go with A.

(now I’m going to look it up cuz I can’t wait until Saturday!)

 

[NoDandy]

D

 

[Southside]

I'll go with D

 

[AMJH]

A

 

[coalcracker]

(now I’m going to look it up cuz I can’t wait until Saturday!)

I’ll post the reveal Friday night, maybe 10ish Eastern.

 

[AlaskaSue]

I’m guessing A….

 

[Grounded Idealist]

I’ll post the reveal Friday night, maybe 10ish Eastern.

Ha! That’s 7 local time. I can hang on until then.

(Though I think I know the answer now. Shhhhh. Not saying. )

 

[Pinecone]

D. What a tough one!

 

[Quiet Man]

There are structures older than all of the above added together that were dwellable. Humans are thought to have been around for at least 300,000 years.

Carry on... I know it's just supposed to be fun.

 

[CELLO]

Thinking maybe C

 

[fish hook]

D, just a swag.

 

[Hermantribe]

B

 

[Esto Perpetua]

D

 

[The Hammer]

I went with B. I feel like I've heard the Pueblo dwellings in the US Southwest are very old.

 

[Redcat]

I picked D. No clue why, just seems oldest.

 

[DazedandConfused]

C

 

[Dozdoats]

If I can keep my mental timeline in order, B is the youngest. A and C are pretty close together and pushing for oldest, and Neolithic Scotland (D) is only about half as old as either A or C.

Pushed, I'd have to guess A.

But I think the paleolithic mammoth bone dwellings in central Europe are even older.

 

[Double_A]

Double_A says "D"

Double D

ETA: I'm dying to see what insides of those "dwellings" looks like

 

[Loretta Van Riet]

D!

 

[marsh]

Obviously this does not include all the caves in which various signs of human occupation have been found.

D

 

[babysteps]

Gonna guess C.

Probably wrong, lol.

 

[Marseydoats]

I'll guess "D"

 

[Marthanoir]

Gonna go with A Iran.

 

[thompson]

My Scot DNA tells me to choose "D".

 

[yellowlabz]

I'm going with C, although that wasn't my first instinct.