Neolithic people were known to cut long timber planks, which they used as walkways across bogs, Prof Bradley pointed out.

布拉德利教授指出，新石器时代的人以会制造长木板而著称，这些木板可以帮助他们通过沼泽， “虽然该试验还不能证明当时确实采用了球轴承的方式，但是至少在概念上是行得通的”，他说，“这是个全新的看法，因为之前的那些看法并不能有效解释巨石是如何运输的，同时还遗留下许多考古方面的未知问题。”

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Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings—long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand.

Huff 用木桩将它抬高了2.7米，这条木桩又长又细，深深固定在沙子里。

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Local people will assemble the wall panels - straw bales that are pinned with long sticks like sharpened tooth picks and encased in a timber frame.

当地人会组装墙板—稻草包，稻草包是用像尖锐的牙齿的长棍和外包的木头框架构成的。

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Pile: long heavy section of timber, concrete or metal, driven into the earth or seabed as support for another structure.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Even more expensive is wood from chestnut, a once ubiquitous species that ceased to be a source of timber not long after chestnut blight arrived on this continent around 1890.

FORBES: Barn Again

The timber industry has long been an economic driver for the Pacific Northwest.

NPR: Economy Whittles Pacific Northwest Timber Industry