![]() ![]() The mud placed over the outer thatching might have worked just fine to hold the rain out, but we took this step anyway. We placed arrow weed vertically around the perimeter of the house. ![]() Then we wove layers of thatching through these bands. We strung four bands around the house about one foot apart. This is the first band that was wired to the willow uprights. This is pretty close to what we think historic house construction would have looked like-without ladders and bailing wire! This is the completed inner superstructure. ![]() On top, we laid cross pieces of willow and then one more long pine pole across the willow. The long poles are pine poles recycled from a fence. We used bailing wire to tie the structural elements together. The four mesquite posts in this picture were recycled from the previous house, as they were still in good shape. We began actual house construction on September 8. Second, the subterranean floor conveys thermal advantages: in the summer the house stays cooler, and in the winter it is easier to keep warm. First, it supplies the dirt needed for the roof and berm around the house pit edge. There are several reasons to dig a house pit. The crew screened the dirt and collected the artifacts for later analysis. The excavated soil was loaded with ancient artifacts and modern trash, including glass and nails. They began excavation of the house pit on August 26. This photo shows visitors at a historic O’odham village looking at a structure very similar to what we built.Īllen: Gary and his crew dismantled the existing house and stockpiled its construction elements for use on the new house. Community members did the excavation, which gave them a chance to see what was really in that mound of dirt-their past. In all, we estimated about 18 hours of digging and sifting to dig about 10–14” down. Gary: The house had been built by others, to the best of their ability, but what we eventually wanted to see was something that made us think, “Yeah, that’s what they described to me when I was little.” Because it just did not look right according to the community’s traditions, the museum planned to tear it down and reuse some of the materials to build a more accurate-looking version. Its construction is more like that of a wickiup.Īllen: The replica dwelling pictured above was built a few years back. (January 16, 2018)-In fall 2017, at Museum Director Gary Owens’s invitation, Allen Denoyer joined Gary’s team at the Huhugam Ki Museum at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to help build a new replica pithouse just outside of the museum. Allen Denoyer, Archaeology Southwest, and Gary Owens, Huhugam Ki Museum, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ![]()
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