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  2. Yurt - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Kyrgyz yurt. A Karakalpak bentwood type "yourte" in Khwarezm (or Karakalpakstan), Uzbekistan. Turkmen woman at the entrance to a yurt in Turkestan; 1913 picture by Prokudin-Gorsky. A yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger (Mongolian) is a portable, round tent covered and insulated with skins or felt and traditionally used as a ...

  3. Architecture of Mongolia - Wikipedia

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    Architecture of Mongolia. Early-20th-century yurt-shaped temple. Architectural generations: yurt, temple and skyscraper. Model of the Maitreya Temple. The architecture of Mongolia is largely based on traditional dwellings, such as the yurt (Mongolian: гэр, ger) and the tent. During the 16th and 17th centuries, lamaseries were built ...

  4. Dukha people - Wikipedia

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    The Dukha are one of the few remaining groups of nomadic (or semi-nomadic [3]) reindeer herders in the world. As of 2000, 30-32 households (about 180 people) remain in Tsagaanuur with their reindeer. The nomadic and settled Dukha populations total to about 500 people.

  5. Tipi - Wikipedia

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    A typical family tipi is a conical, portable structure with two adjustable smoke flaps, multiple poles (historically from 12 to 25 ft or 3.7 to 7.6 m long) called lodge poles. Lewis H. Morgan noted that tipi frames were 13 to 15 poles that were 4.6 to 5.5 metres (15–18 ft) tall. These poles, "after being tied together at the small ends, are ...

  6. William Coperthwaite - Wikipedia

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    Nationality. American. Known for. A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity (2002) Yurt designs. William S. Coperthwaite (September 19, 1930 [1] – November 26, 2013), a native of Maine, U.S., pioneered yurt building in the United States. [2] For his book A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity, he received the Nautilus Book Award.

  7. Goahti - Wikipedia

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    A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi) or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also gábma), (Norwegian: gamme, Finnish: kota, Swedish: kåta), is a Sami hut or tent of three types of covering: fabric, peat moss or timber. The fabric-covered goahti looks very similar to a Sami lavvu, but often constructed ...

  8. Yurt wagon - Wikipedia

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    Yurt wagon or Ger tereg (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠷ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ) is a traditional mobile dwelling of the Mongolic people, in which a yurt is placed on a large cart usually pulled by oxen. This type of habitat was mainly used by the Mongol Khans, at least between the 13th and 16th centuries. [1] William of Rubruck (1215-1295) describes them in his ...

  9. Dugout (shelter) - Wikipedia

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    Dugout (shelter) A dugout or dug-out, also known as a pit-house or earth lodge, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground. Dugouts can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, or dug into a hillside. They can also be semi-recessed, with a ...

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