An inscription on a stone built into the wall of a summer house in Lancarffe furnishes proof of a settlement in Bodmin in the early Middle Ages.

Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 ( uncovered along with another bearing the date 1551 ) when an old pond was drained at Dunblane, Scotland.

In the early history of curling, the playing stones ( or rocks ) were simply flat-bottomed river stones that were sometimes notched or shaped ; the thrower, unlike those of today, had little control over the stone, and relied more on luck than on skill and strategy.

In Ancient Egyptian architecture as early as 2600 BC the architect Imhotep made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds ; in later Egyptian architecture faceted cylinders were also common.

During the early Neolithic ( 4000-3300 BC ) architectural forms are highly regionalised with timber and earth monuments predominating in the east and stone chambered cairns in the west.

In the early Pleistocene, 1. 5 – 1 Ma, in Africa some populations of Homo habilis are thought to have evolved larger brains and made more elaborate stone tools ; these differences and others are sufficient for anthropologists to classify them as a new species, Homo erectus.

There are early literary references in the Quran, circa AD 632, to " war-horses … which strike fire, by dashing their hoofs against the stones …" which, if taken literally, is an effect that would have been obtained by shod horses, as barefoot hooves striking stone do not create sparks.

Evidence of the early human occupation of Algeria is demonstrated by the discovery of 1. 8 million year old Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992.

Chretien's story attracted many continuators, translators and interpreters in the later 12th and early 13th centuries, including Wolfram von Eschenbach, who makes the grail a great precious stone that fell from the sky.

In 2010 stone tools were discovered on Flores dating from 1 million years ago, which is the oldest evidence anywhere in the world that early man had the technology to make sea crossings at this very early time.

The most striking aspect of this early town was a massive stone wall over 3. 6 metres high, and 1. 8 metres wide at the base.

Two possible village sites and some stone structures of these early visitors have been located.

Evidence of early habitation includes pieces of Roman amphora as well as stone boat anchors.

The early 20th century excavator of Lykaion, Kouriouniotis discovered stone blocks in the middle of the hippodrome that would have formed the starting line of the stadium.

In the early days of lithography, a smooth piece of limestone was used ( hence the name " lithography ": " lithos " ( λιθος ) is the ancient Greek word for stone ).

While many churches were built in wood, from the early 8th century, if not earlier, some were built in stone.

Between the early 16th and the late 17th centuries, however, an original tradition of stone tented roof architecture had been developed in Russia.

The early deaths of Young and Champollion, in 1829 and 1832, did not put an end to these disputes ; the authoritative work on the stone by the British Museum curator E. A. Wallis Budge, published in 1904, gives special emphasis to Young's contribution by contrast with Champollion's.

This is thought to date back to early times in the quarrying industry, where piles of extracted stone ( not fit for sale ) were built into tall rough walls ( to save space ) directly behind the working quarry face ; the rabbit's natural tendency to burrow would weaken these " walls " and cause collapse, often resulting in injuries or even death.

Crop farming, sheep farming, and the working of stone from the quarries formed the early backbone of San Marino's economy.

There are many locations of stone ritual structures, refined burial practices and early Torii that lend to the continuity of primal Shinto.

Due to the practice, dating to at least the early Neolithic, of building in stone on virtually treeless islands, Shetland is extremely rich in physical remains of the prehistoric eras and there are over 5, 000 archaeological sites all told.

Neanderthals were constructing stone spear heads from as early as 300, 000 BP and by 250, 000 years ago, wooden spears were made with fire-hardened points.

On the outside, it is decorated with sculptures of soldiers, workers and aviators, while inside walls and ceilings feature wreaths, bay leaves and stars, and until early 1990s, the Soviet hammer and sickle, typical decor for Soviet public buildings of early post-war years.

Whately was a great talker, much addicted in early life to argument, in which he used others as instruments on which to hammer out his own views, and as he advanced in life much given to didactic monologue.

The clavichord was an early acoustic keyboard instrument that used a mechanical hammer to " fret " a string for each key.

The 1990s saw a more politically and spiritually-conscious form of rapso, which has been infused with soul and reggae music, as well as native J ' ouvert, an early introduction to Carnival which consists of percussionists using makeshift materials to hammer out a beat.

Callus formation is seen in high numbers of patients with diabetes and together with absent foot pulses and formation of hammer toe, this may be an early signs of individuals at an increased risk for foot ulcers.

That same year, ZX Spectrum released the first association football management simulation, Football Manager, while Konami released an early Olympic-themed athletics game, Track & Field, which featured multiple Olympic track & field events ( including the 100-meter dash, long jump, javelin throw, 110-meter hurdles, hammer throw, and high jump ) and allowed up to four players to compete.

The early use of vibration for driving and extracting piles was confined to low frequency operation ; that is, frequencies less than the fundamental resonant frequency of the system and consequently, although effective, the process was only an improvement on conventional hammer equipment.

Earp was embarrassed in early 1876 when his loaded single-action revolver fell out of his holster while he was leaning back on a chair and discharged when the hammer hit the floor.

The oldest archaeological find is an antler hammer dating from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age period, which was found at Newsham in 1979.

They also have a " ring hammer " ( spurless hammer with a hole through its head ) instead of the early " cone hammer " ( spurless hammer with ribbed cone-like projections on the sides of its head ).

Unlike later designs, the early Spencer's lever only served to unlock the falling-block action and load a new cartridge from the magazine ; it did not cock the hammer, and thus the hammer had to be cocked after the lever was operated to prepare the rifle to fire.

An example of this would be the geologist's hammer in The Shawshank Redemption, which the character Andy Dufresne ( Tim Robbins ) acquires early on in the movie.

The nose helve hammer seems to have been unusual until the late 18th or early 19th century.

An early claw hammer is seen in Albrecht Dürer's etching " Melencolia I ," dated 1514, halfway up the left side.

He designed the first all-metal ice axe, and is credited with introducing the short ice axe and hammer with inclined picks for Scottish winter work in the early 1960s.

In the early morning hours of July 7, 1977 Yale graduate Richard Herrin bludgeoned Yale college senior Bonnie Garland to death with a hammer as she lay sleeping in her parents ' Scarsdale, New York home.

In the early hours of 21 March 2006, the shrine was vandalised by a Thai man believed to be mentally ill. After smashing the statue with a hammer, 27-year-old Thanakorn Pakdeepol was himself beaten to death by angry bystanders.

The design of the early Russian Federation variant of the Order differed from the Soviet variant only in the abrogation of the hammer and sickle from the silver shield on the obverse.

In the early years of NJHP, staff and students would gather at the beginning of each " cycle " ( quarters ) to hammer out a schedule of classes together.