USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Longhouses were almost always about 20 feet wide and 20 feet high despite differences in their length. Seen from one end, the roof line of a typical Haudenosaunee longhouse was rounded rather than peaked. There were two doors for the entire building, one at each end. There were no other doors in the building.

Detailed explanation-2: -Native American Longhouse Longhouses were permanent homes built from wood and bark. They get their name because they were built in the shape of a long rectangle. Usually they were around 80 feet long and 18 feet wide. They had holes in the roof to allow for the smoke from fires to escape and a door at each end.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wigwam Home Wigwams used poles from trees that would be bent and tied together to make a dome shaped home. The outside of the home would be covered with bark or other material that was available where the natives lived.

Detailed explanation-4: -Longhouses were also used as places of storage. Dried meats and corn, as well as other food and personal belongings, were stored on platforms built high up on the walls of the longhouse. Firewood was stacked in areas near the entrances at either end of the structure. Covered pits dug inside the house also stored food.

Detailed explanation-5: -A house for sedentary people It had two doors, one at each end, but no windows. Inside, each family had its own separate space. Since the Iroquoians were sedentary people, they built strong homes that lasted a long time. Unlike the Algonquians, who were nomadic people, the Iroquoians did not move their homes.