ABSTRACT
The most ancient types of place are those concerned with the fundamental aspects of life: keeping warm and dry; moving from location to location; acquiring and keeping food and water, fuel and wealth; cooking; sitting and eating; socialising; defecating; sleeping and procreating; defending against enemies; worshipping and performing ritual; buying or exchanging goods and services; story-telling and acting; teaching and learning; asserting military, political and commercial power; discussing and debating; fighting and competing; giving birth; suffering ‘rites of passage’; dying.
