long-house
Extended tribal home
A long-house is a traditional dwelling built long and narrow, housing multiple families or an extended kinship group under one roof.
The design appears across cultures—from the Iroquois of northeastern North America to the Vikings of Scandinavia to the indigenous peoples of Borneo.
In some societies, the long-house served as both residence and communal gathering place: The entire clan lived together in the long-house.
Native American confederacy
- MaoriNew Zealand's indigenous people
- VikingMedieval Nordic raider
- BorneoSoutheast Asian mega-island
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
matrilineal · kinship · potlatch · totem · elders · ancestors · heritage · ceremony
Construction using heavy wooden beams
- hearthFireplace floor area
- thatchedRoofed with dried vegetation
- smoke-holeRoof aperture for fumes
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
post-and-beam · ridgepole · entrance · doorway · multi-family · shelter · habitation · residence
Jointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- assemblyConstructing from components
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
Iroquois
Native American confederacy
clan · matrilineal · kinship · potlatch · totem · elders · ancestors · heritage · ceremony · feast
timber-frame
Construction using heavy wooden beams
- hearthFireplace floor area
- thatchedRoofed with dried vegetation
- smoke-holeRoof aperture for fumes
partition · post-and-beam · ridgepole · entrance · doorway · multi-family · shelter · habitation · residence · homestead
collective
Jointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- assemblyConstructing from components
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions