The earliest fired bricks appeared in Neolithic China around 4400 BC at Chengtoushan, a walled settlement of the Daxi culture. These bricks were made of red clay, fired on all sides to above 600 °C, and used as flooring for houses. By the Qujialing period (3300 BC), fired bricks were being used to pave roads and as building foundations at Chengtoushan. In many ways, the art of brickmaking lay at the foundation of much permanent building throughout the world, including the world of early America. Please join the ever-popular brickmakers of Colonial Williamsburg, where bricks are still made and used in the entirely traditional way.