Buying, renovating or building a house is a priority for those who are mobile, as they replace thatched or wooden huts.
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A few were thatched, but most had iron or tile roofs.
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A bamboo-like reed which grows in tall separate stalks and which is used for thatching roofs and making baskets.
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He was not yet married and owned a thatched house which he shared with his younger brother's family.
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Two flanking doorways are decorated as if they were the entrances to thatched roof houses.
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A popular chief could have his roof thatched.
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In the middle was a great round thatched hut and opposite its entrance another mountain of skulls.
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Whilst the average daily rate for thatching and daubing was 4d per day, rates could on occasion fall to 3d.
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Unlike elite residences, these ordinary thatched houses rarely have altars.
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The majority of the population live in small huts made of mudwalls and thatched or tiled roofs.
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A weathered strip discovered around the edge of the yard was the result of rain water dripping from the eaves of the overhanging thatched roof above.
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A strawthatchcovers the main part, then there are verandahs and a courtyard.
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Summit was divided into four rooms and likely enclosed by wattle-and-daub walls and athatchroof.
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Thethatchroofs were preserved, as well as the plants growing in kitchen gardens and maize milpas.
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A great deal of beautiful countryside is enlivened because we still have thatched dwellings.
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