long house
Extended tribal residence
A long house is a traditional dwelling built long and narrow, housing multiple families or an extended family under one roof.
The term applies to structures from various cultures: the bark-covered lodges of the Iroquois, the thatched halls of medieval Scandinavia, and similar communal buildings in Southeast Asia.
The village centered around a single long house where three generations lived together.
- puebloCommunal adobe village
- adobeSun-dried clay bricks
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
- kivaPueblo ceremonial chamber
- crannogMan-made island settlement
Iroquois Confederacy · timber · wooden posts · settlement · Scandinavia · communal living · village life · dugout · hearth · Southeast Asia · Pacific Islands · sweat · clachan · palisade · feasting · fire pit · North America · beams
long housesingle-family home
Freestanding residential dwelling
hermitage · detached house · private residence · bungalow · bachelor apartment
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