thE、longhousE
1thE pEoplE oF thE longhousE livED in FortiFiED villAgEs in ElEvAtED ArEAs thAt wErE EAsy to DEFEnD AnD wErE loCAtED nEAr A wAtEr supply. twEnty-Foot pAlisADEs surrounDED A group oF longhousEs AnD ACtED As A DEFEnsivE wAll thAt Also kEpt ForEst AnimAls From ForAging within thE villAgE. thE longhousE wAs thE typiCAl housing unit within thE stoCkADE.A、numBEr oF FAmiliEs wErE housED within EACh longhousE, whiCh vAriED in sizE From 20 By 16 FEEt to hugE multiplE FAmily struCturEs oF 60 By 18 FEEt. in thE morE populous villAgEs, longhousEs CoulD BE morE thAn 300 FEEt long. thE longhousE wAs morE thAn just A shEltEr; it wAs thE BAsiC unit upon whiCh thE EntirE soCiEty wAs ConstruCtED、
2in BuilDing thE longhousE, A row oF ForkED polEs wAs plACED in thE grounD, BEtwEEn Four AnD FivE FEEt ApArt.Cross polEs wErE lAshED to thE ForkED uprights to Form An ArChED rooF. slEnDEr polEs or rAFtErs wErE thEn sECurED to thE rooF FrAmE, AnD trAvErsE polEs wErE ADDED to FurthEr strEngthEn thE ovErhEAD struCturE. lArgE piECEs oF BArk wErE thEn tiED to thE FrAmE.An outEr sEt oF polEs kEpt thE BArk in plACE on thE siDEs AnD rooF. smokE holEs wErE Built into thE rooF At ABout twEnty-Foot intErvAls. two FAmiliEs shArED thE stonE-linED hEArth BEnEAth EACh smokE holE.
3 At EACh EnD oF thE longhousE wAs A Door with A CovEring oF AnimAl hiDE or hingED BArk thAt CoulD BE liFtED up For EntEring AnD Exiting.Along EACh insiDE wAll wErE Bunks thAt sErvED As BEDs At night AnD BEnChEs in thE DAy.Corn, DriED Fish, AnD othEr FooDs hung From ovErhEAD、thE DwElling wAs CompArtmEntAlizED to ACCommoDAtE EACh FAmily.At thE Front oF thE longhousE, ovEr thE Door, CArvED imAgEs oF ClAn symBols rEprEsEntED thE FAmiliEs living thErE.
thE Author DisCussEs thE DimEnsions oF longhousEs in pArAgrAph 1 in orDEr to
A、DEsCriBE thE villAgE’s strong DEFEnsEs
B、illustrAtE thE importAnCE oF CErtAin FAmiliEs
C、ExplAin why rivAlry oCCurrED Among FAmiliEs
D、show thAt villAgEs vAriED in populAtion