| has gloss | eng: Longhouses were built by native peoples in various parts of North America, sometimes reaching over but generally around wide. The construction method was also different: the dominant theory is that walls were made of sharpened and fire-hardened poles (up to 1,000 saplings for a house) driven into the ground and had a roof of leaves and grass. Strips of bark were then woven horizontally through the lines of poles to form more or less weatherproof walls with doors usually in one end of the house, although doors also were built into sides of especially long longhouses. They were long and had fireplaces that kept them warm. |
