What type of shelter did Southwest Indians have?

Answer 1

There have been at least a dozen different civilizations of Native Americans living in what is now the American Southwest and Northwest Mexico. Each of those civilizations was relatively unique - some were farmers, some hunter-gatherers, some herders, and some a blend of each. The specifics of the location a civilization was in, as well as the time period, dictated their choice of housing.

Answer 2

People of the First Nations used a variety of shelters.

• Teepees made of buffalo hides were common on the plains.
• Teepees of bark were common among Algonkian peoples.
• Various Iroquoian people lived in "longhouses."
• In the southwest, there were cliff-dwellers.
• Caves were also used.

Wigwam-Dome shaped, small

long houses- like wigwams, huge

tepees-tent like, small

grass huses- like wigwams, huge

wattle houses- like long houses, small

chickees- no walls, medium

adobe- like normal homes but flat roofs, huge

earthen- underground/under hills, medium

plank- like todays houses, medium

igloos- made of ice, small

brush- made of sticks temporary homes, small

Answer 3

they built their homes on cliffs and used tree bark and wood to build them

Answer 4

animal dung,clay,straw ect.