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An Oglala Lakota tipi, 1891. A tipi or tepee (/ ˈ t iː p i / TEE-pee) is a conical lodge tent that is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure, and historically made of animal hides or pelts or, in more recent generations, of canvas stretched on a framework of wooden poles.
Teepee (also spelled tepee or tipi) structures are sedimentary structures interpreted to represent formation in peritidal environments. Teepees are largely the result of evaporation of water and subsequent precipitation of minerals within sediment, resulting in expansion and buckling to form a teepee-like shape.
Apache wickiup, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903 Apache wickiup. A wigwam, wikiup, wetu (), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe, in syllabics: ᐧᐄᑭᐧᐋᒻ) [1] is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people and still used for ceremonial events.
Tipi rings in the Pryor Mountains. Tipi rings are circular patterns of stones left from an encampment of Post-Archaic, protohistoric and historic Native Americans. [1] They are found primarily throughout the Plains of the United States and Canada, and also in the foothills and parks of the Rocky Mountains.
Protective palisades were built around the dwellings; these stood 4.3 to 4.9 m (14 to 16 ft) high, keeping the longhouse village safe. Tribes or ethnic groups in northeast North America, south and east of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie , which had traditions of building longhouses include the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee ...
The dominant dwelling was probably a teepee of about 30 square meters where some 15 people could live. Also rectangular houses made of timber become popular in Finland from 4000 BC cal. Graves were dug at the settlements and the dead were covered with red ochre .
The original Pueblo style was based on the Anasazi people, [1] who began building square cliff dwellings around 1150 CE, featuring subterranean chambers and circular ceremonial rooms. [2] [1] Over time, Pueblo architecture evolved into the construction of permanent, angular homes made from limestone blocks or adobe—a mixture of clay and water ...
A tipi of the Nez Perce tribe, c. 1900.The excess fabric at the top of the structure is the smoke hole and smoke flaps. A smoke hole (smokehole, smoke-hole) is a hole in a roof for the smoke from a fire to vent. [1]