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  • A wattle-and-daub house at Oconaluftee Indian Village
    wattle and daub

    …which vertical wooden stakes (wattles) are woven with horizontal twigs and branches, and then covered with clay, mud, or other substances (the daub). This method is one of the oldest known for making a weatherproof structure. In England, Iron Age sites have been discovered with remains of circular dwellings…

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    …which vertical wooden stakes (wattles) are woven with horizontal twigs and branches, and then covered with clay, mud, or other substances (the daub). This method is one of the oldest known for making a weatherproof structure. In England, Iron Age sites have been discovered with remains of circular dwellings…

    Read More