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to know what "trabeated" was should be redirected to a page which told him/her in the first line it was a synonym for post and lintel construction. -- Mcginnly | Natter 00:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC) reply

A lintel can also be a purely decorative element, especially once a more global view of architecture is recognized rather than just Western or Greek/Roman. The article lintel (architecture) was written because the view of Post and lintel is too narrow for many uses in other architectures of the world. -- Mattisse 19:57, 4 October 2007 (UTC) reply

• Removing your {World} tagging... you are free to edit such minutia into the article, but post and lintel here refer to the engineering and architectural elements of construction in English and American college cirricula. // Fra nkB 22:24, 12 May 2008 (UTC) reply

I merged the stuff from Lintel per a merge proposal in place since 2006. Zab ( talk) 15:47, 18 April 2009 (UTC) reply

I find the usage here needs editing. I am going to use this space as a sandbox until I get it together. One of four ancient structural methods of building, the others being corbel, arch-and-vault, and truss. L. Sprague De Camp, Ancient Engineers: Technology & Invention from the Earliest Times to the Renaissance (U.S.A.: Barnes and Noble, 1993 edition), 35.

"The earliest, simplest method of spanning a space is the post-and-lintel system..." Allison Lee Palmer, Historical Dictionary Of Architecture (U.S.A.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008) 213.

arcuate(d) arched, trabeated (post and lintel)

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) ://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112427956/structural-mechanism-of-southern-chinese-traditional-timber-frame-buildings/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Derby ( talk • contribs) 17:22, 12 December 2012 (UTC) reply

I made several changes including the removal of two images which did not show post and lintel construction and so were confusing or misleading.

I have questions about the accuracy of the image showing concrete post and lintel construction. Jim Derby ( talk) 17:48, 12 December 2012 (UTC) reply