Originally Posted by
Enigma
Okay, so homes and furnishings are made without the use of metals as they're too hard to get. Most common homes are made of rubble rather than cut stones, at least on the ground floor as it won't rot like wood would. Some may use shaped stone piers to hold up a wooden framework that then uses pegs to hold itself together.
Multi-story structures may have timber construction above the stone base, this will usually overlap the stone base so that the weight of the walls themselves keep the floor beams from warping. May see wattle and daub between the beams
Castles and churches may use cut stone, which requires megamite tools to cut and shape the bocks.
A vast majority of workmen will have very simple tools - wooden hammers, of course. Chisels, small primitive saws, drills are most likely to have flint for cutting.
Better tools can be made with Megamite - but high temperatures require a lot of coal or more likely a lot of charcoal - so we'd see a lot of pits in cleared areas to convert the green logs into charcoal. As there's a lot of labor involve, megamite tools are going to be expensive quickly.
Sewing needles, fish hooks, and pins are likely to made of bone or possibly from thorns.
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