A great deal of beautiful countryside is enlivened because we still have thatched dwellings.
The thatch roofs were preserved, as well as the plants growing in kitchen gardens and maize milpas.
Summit was divided into four rooms and likely enclosed by wattle-and-daub walls and a thatch roof.
A straw thatch covers the main part, then there are verandahs and a courtyard.
A weathered strip discovered around the edge of the yard was the result of rain water dripping from the eaves of the overhanging thatched roof above.
The majority of the population live in small huts made of mudwalls and thatched or tiled roofs.
Unlike elite residences, these ordinary thatched houses rarely have altars.
Whilst the average daily rate for thatching and daubing was 4d per day, rates could on occasion fall to 3d.
