Was disease a factor in the abandonment of dense settlements by 6000 B.C.E.? This time, the layout was different than at jam-packed Çatalhöyük: The hundreds of wooden, two-story houses were regularly ...
But they quickly realized that the Jamaica Plain home’s antiquated layout wasn’t built for the way families live today. The kitchen was isolated in a back corner, behind a service staircase ...
Tired of feeling trapped in the kitchen when they came inside, they also needed a new layout. “A peninsula that jutted out from the wall immediately left of the side entry door hemmed you in ...