Editing Post and lintel (section)

==History of lintel systems==
The trabeated system is a fundamental principle of [[Neolithic architecture]], [[Indian architecture|ancient Indian architecture]], [[ancient Greek architecture]] and [[ancient Egyptian architecture]]. Other trabeated styles are the [[Persian architecture|Persian]], Lycian, [[Japanese architecture|Japanese]], traditional [[Chinese architecture|Chinese]], and [[Ancient Chinese wooden architecture|ancient Chinese]] architecture, especially in northern China,<ref>Post and lintel is the main structural system in Northern China, the southern traditional timber buildings which use a column-and-tie structural system. "Structural Mechanism Of Southern Chinese Traditional Timber Frame Buildings" SCIENCE CHINA Technological Sciences.2011, Vol 54(7) http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112427956/structural-mechanism-of-southern-chinese-traditional-timber-frame-buildings/</ref> and nearly all the [[Indian architecture|Indian]] styles.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Trabeated|volume=27|page=115}}</ref> The traditions are represented in North and Central America by [[Mayan architecture]], and in South America by [[Inca architecture]].  In all or most of these traditions, certainly in Greece and India, the earliest versions developed using wood, which were later translated into stone for larger and grander buildings.<ref>Summerson, 13–14</ref> [[Timber framing]], also using [[trusses]], remains common for smaller buildings such as houses to the modern day.