34. The Curious Case of the Lengyel Longhouses

There are some things that are just wrong, and Lengyel longhouses transcend odd, through strange, into weird; buildings should not taper. Well, not at 7°, they shouldn’t. It's just not a right and proper thing for them to do. At least two sides should be parallel, otherwise your roof will be in some way irregular. It is all very worrying for a structural archaeologist. So why would Neolithic builders, like those who created this example from Biskupin, Poland [left], [1] make a building with such an unusual shape?