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How old is the oldest building in the town you live in? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To those from the Western hemisphere, it's always fascinating to hear that some homes and businesses from the times of the Greek philosophers still have inhabitants, and then you remember that the Western hemisphere is itself not without its own examples, for example some Mexican villages still have temples from the times of the Mayans.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If you're talking white people, technically cooks cottage (built 30 years before the first fleet) but it was brought over and reassembled in the 1930's lol

Indigenous, probably the eel traps / farming system. That's 9,000 years old iirc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Or if you're up in the top end, there's Nawarla Gabarnmung which dates to about 44kya. Some natural rock pillars in the shelter, others modified and others still constructed or relocated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I know about the cottage and that is a pretty sneaky one haha... What's the eels thing?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Budj Bim eel farm and accompanying stone huts. Massive aquaculture farm / village the Gunditjmara people built that not only secured their own food supply, but is so large and effective for trade the term 'industrial level' has been used

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That's pretty interesting