USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A flat-roofed shed or porch was built over the doorways at both ends of the longhouse. The length and interior space of the longhouse was divided up into compartments or apartments, which were 20 feet long. Two families lived in each compartment, one on each side of an aisle that ran down the center.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Iroquois lived in longhouses, large houses up to 100 feet in length usually made of elm bark. As many as 20 families shared the longhouse, with dozens of individuals and their dogs occupying the space.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Iroquois people dwelt in large longhouses made of saplings and sheathed with elm bark, each housing many families.

Detailed explanation-5: -To the Iroquois people, the longhouse meant much more than the building where they lived. The longhouse was also a symbol for many of the traditions of their society. Five nations formed the original Iroquois Confederacy. These nations shared a territory they thought of as a large longhouse.