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Anthropology

Warpy

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1. Reed houses are still being made and lived in

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Oct 16, 2022, 07:06 PM

Oct 2022

by the tribes in southern Iraq, a real link with the past. We're not talking about poky little one room huts, either.

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Some of them are huge and most of them are pretty elaborate.

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This is likely the construction that was on those marshy islands. Between marshy food plants and fishing, life was probably very good in that region. It's not surprising that it supported a town of some size.

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Drone photos reveal an early Mesopotamian city made of marsh islands [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2022 OP

Reed houses are still being made and lived in Warpy Oct 2022 #1

Amazing! Have never seen anything like this! Thank you, so much for posting! ⭐️❤️️👋 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 #2

Now I'm going to check out more of these unique structures duhneece Oct 2022 #3