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- Title
THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF IROQUOIAN LONGHOUSES : A COMMENT.
- Authors
Wright, J. V.
- Abstract
Any three-dimensional reconstruction of Iroquoian longhouses must be based upon a patchwork of information made up of archaeological, historical, and now, linguistic evidence, all possessing certain limitations and degrees of conviction. Under the circumstances, it should not be surprising that differences of opinion exist on how longhouses were originally constructed. These differences of opinion pertain, in particular, to the nature of the roof superstructure and its relationship or lack of relationship to the exterior house walls. A recent article discussing a possible Huron unit of measurement and its implications for longhouse architecture (Kapches 1993) misinterprets certain procedures used in the longhouse reconstructions at the Nodwell site, a mid-14th century Ontario Iroquoian village site overlooking Lake Huron (Wright 1974). The Kapches article also advocates a longhouse construction procedure which cannot accommodate the relationship of the archaeological longhouse floorplans to the probable building material used for the house wall posts.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; LONGHOUSES; DWELLING design &; construction; DOMESTIC architecture; IROQUOIANS (North American peoples); NODWELL Site (Ont.)
- Publication
Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1995, Vol 23, p9
- ISSN
0360-1021
- Publication type
Article