FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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thick walled adobe houses
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wooden houses out of cedar logs
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movable tipis made of buffalo skins
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homes clustered around mounds
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adobe is mud and straw mixed together and dried to make a strong brick-like material. Pueblo peoples stacked these bricks to make the walls of the house. Gaps between the bricks were filled with more mud to block the wind, rain, and to keep out bugs and other unwanted pests.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the Native Americans in the Desert Southwest adapt to their environment? The Native Americans in the Desert Southwest adapted to their environment by building houses of adobe instead of trees. They learned to farm in the desert and found crops that would grow in the desert environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -Adobe brick, a sun-dried brick, was occasionally used. In fact, Native Americans had been using adobe for hundreds of years before the Spanish arrived in the Americas. Adobe was a very efficient building material.
Detailed explanation-4: -Southwest Native Americans lived in Adobe homes. These houses had many levels in them and were made from clay and straw bricks. They were cemented together with adobe. Adobe homes housed one family, but the homes were connected together so many families lived next door to each other.