These were simple one-roomed homes with a pointed thatched roof and walls made from wattle and daub (a mixture of mud and twigs). In the centre of a round house was a fire where meals were cooked ...

Please verify your email address. An elegant-appearing half-timbered doorway surrounded by the traditional 'wattle and daub'—that is, sticks and mud, clay or dung. As we said, 'elegant-appearing'.