Tlingit Plank House
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The Tlingit tribe lived in rectangular plankhouses with four main house posts and distinctive sloping roofs. They were built from the red c...
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The Tlingit tribe lived in rectangular plankhouses with four main house posts and distinctive sloping roofs. They were built from the red cedar trees or from fir or spruce trees and painted with signs and symbols of the family and clan. Totem posts were erected at the sides of the plankhouse. The Tlingit plank houses were measuring about 40 or 50 feet long. There were no windows in the Tlingit plank houses but there was a central fire pit with a centrally located smoke hole, protected by a plank screen, that let fresh air in, and smoke from cooking fires out. The plank houses held 30-50 people, usually of one main clan. The interior was lined with plank floorboards and had a central hearth and common working area with tiered wooden platforms that were separated by wooden screens and storage boxes.
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The Tlingit tribe lived in rectangular plankhouses with four main house posts and distinctive sloping roofs. They were built from the red cedar trees or from fir or spruce trees and painted with signs and symbols of the family and clan. Totem posts were erected at the sides of the plankhouse. The Tlingit plank houses were measuring about 40 or 50 feet long. There were no windows in the Tlingit plank houses but there was a central fire pit with a centrally located smoke hole, protected by a plank screen, that let fresh air in, and smoke from cooking fires out. The plank houses held 30-50 people, usually of one main clan. The interior was lined with plank floorboards and had a central hearth and common working area with tiered wooden platforms that were separated by wooden screens and storage boxes.
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