Editing Longhouse (section)

== Americas ==
{{Main|Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America}}
In North America two groups of longhouses emerged: the [[Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America|Native American/First Nations longhouse]] of the tribes usually connected with the [[Iroquois]] (Haudenosaunee) in the northeast, and a similarly shaped structure which arose independently among the [[indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast]].

[[File:Interior of a Salish Longhouse, British Columbia, 1864.jpg|thumb|Interior of a Salish longhouse, British Columbia, 1864. Watercolour by Edward M. Richardson (1810–1874)]]

The longhouses inhabited by the Iroquois were wood boards/bark-covered structures of standardized design "in the shape of an arbor" about {{convert|6|to|7|m|ft}} wide providing shelter for several related families. The longhouse had a {{convert|3|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} central aisle and {{convert|2|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}} compartments, about {{convert|6|to|7|m|ft}} long, down each side. The end compartments were usually used for storage. Hearths were spaced about {{convert|6|to|7|m|ft}} apart down the aisle, with [[smoke hole]]s in the roof. Two families shared each hearth. Each longhouse would house several generations of an extended family; a house was built proportionately to the number of families it was expected to contain and might be lengthened over time to accommodate growth.<ref name=Snow>{{cite book|last1=Snow|first1=Dean|title=Mohawk Valley Archaeology: The Sites|date=1995|publisher=Matson Museum of Archaeology, Penn State University|isbn=0-9647913-0-7|url=http://anth.la.psu.edu/documents/23MohawkValleyArchaeologyTheSites23.pdf|access-date=May 2, 2016|archive-date=January 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114070926/http://anth.la.psu.edu/documents/23MohawkValleyArchaeologyTheSites23.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is possible to infer the population of an Iroquois town from the sizes and number of longhouses it contained.
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File:Exterior view of traditional Iroquois longhouse.jpg|Exterior and cutaway view of an Iroquois longhouse
File:Iroquios Longhouse.tif|Interior of an Iroquois longhouse
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In South America, the [[Tucano people]] of [[Colombia]] and northwest [[Brazil]] traditionally combine a household in a single long house. The [[Xingu peoples]] of central Brazil build a series of longhouses in circular formations forming round villages. The ancient [[Tupi people]] of the Brazilian coast used to do this as well. The [[Yanomami people]] of Brazil and [[Venezuela]] build a round hut with a thatched roof that has a hole in the middle, called [[shabono]], which could be considered a sort of longhouse.