USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What they did have was dirt, rock, and straw and, with these materials, they made their adobe houses in communities called pueblos. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Depending upon availability, Pueblo room blocks are built using either sun-dried adobe or stone masonry, and sometimes both. Adobe is made from a mixture of clay, sand or silt, straw, and water, and is often formed into bricks that are held in place with a clay-based mortar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of earthen construction, or various architectural styles like Pueblo Revival or Territorial Revival.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adobe is a mixture of clay, sand, and silt with good plastic qualities that will dry to a hard uniform mass. In areas with arid or semiarid climates, adobe construction dates back several millennia.

Detailed explanation-5: -Clay mixed with water and small pieces of plant material. In pueblos, adobe is usually used to plaster walls, roofs, and sometimes floors. When adobe dries, it forms a hard surface that helps keep the inside of the house warm and dry. These photographs show two chunks of adobe from ancient Pueblo houses.