post-and-plank

thumb|Ancient example of partial bohlenständerkonstruktion from the 13th century in Dornbirn, Austria thumb| Bunge Museum in Gotland, 17th century. The wall planks fit into grooves in the posts. thumb|A 17th century barn recognized as a cultural heritage monument in Bassum, Germany. Note the wattle-work for ventilation. thumb|Reconstruction of building remains found at Biskupin, Poland. from circa 738 B.C. thumb|Bulhus in Gotland

The method of building wooden buildings with a traditional timber frame with horizontal plank or log infill has many names, the most common of which are piece sur piece (French. Also used to describe log building), corner post construction, post-and-plank, ständerbohlenbau (German) and skiftesverk (Swedish). This traditional building method is believed to be the predecessor to half-timber construction widely known by its German name fachwerkbau which has wall infill of wattle and daub, brick, or stone. This carpentry was used from parts of Scandinavia to Switzerland to western Russia. Though relatively rare now, two types are found in a number of regions in North America, more common are the walls with planks or timbers which slide in a groove in the posts and less common is a type where horizontal logs are tenoned into individual mortises in the posts. This method is not the same as the plank-frame buildings in North America with vertical plank walls.