A composite is, by definition, something made frOJDtWQor more components-in our case
here, a fiber and a resin. Compo~ites are no,tf1new ic:lIW'¥o~e~ floated down t~e Nile in a
basket made from'papyrus reeds coated with p~~S~'PaJlYI11~is ~ form of paper with a visible
fibrous reinforcement; therefore, it would not hav~ been 4jfftcultto make a waterproof
basket from it. from ancient times, it was known that bricKsWere.stronger if filled with
chopped straw. African "mud" buts were reinforced witJtgras~es and thin sticks. The
Butser Hill farm project shows tJtatwoven sticks, bonded with .. mixture of cow dung and
",ud, Wereused to build house w;1llsin England in 1500'B.