Most Southeast peoples located their villages along river valleys and planted their crops in nearby fields. Homes and public buildings were typically rectangular or, less frequently, circular. Most structures were constructed of wattle and daub, a type of architecture in which branches and vines are tied over pole frameworks and covered with a mixture of mud or clay. Sometimes structures were covered with plant materials, including thatch – made from straw, reeds, rushes, and grasses — as well as woven mats, bark, bamboo stalks, and palm fronds. Animal hides were also used as coverings. For swampy areas the Seminole people built chickees, distinctive open-sided houses on stilts with wooden platforms and thatched roofs.
- locate [ləuˈkeit] v. 设置，确定……的位置
- valley [ˈvæli] n. 流域，河谷
- rectangular [rekˈtæŋɡjulə] adj. 矩形的
- circular [ˈsə:kjulə] adj. 圆形的
- wattle [ˈwɔtl] n. 柳栅：用嫩枝、芦苇或枝条编成的构架，用以筑墙、篱笆和屋顶
- daub [dɔ:b] n. 涂料：柔软粘稠的涂抹原料，如泥灰、润滑脂或泥浆
- branch [brɑ:ntʃ] n. 树枝
- vine [vain] n. 藤蔓
- framework [ˈfreimwə:k] n. (框架)结构
- mud [mʌd] n.泥
- clay [klei] n.黏土
- thatch [θætʃ] n. 茅草
- straw [strɔ:] n. 麦杆
- rush [rʌʃ] n. 灯心草
- mat [mæt] n. 草垫
- bark [bɑ:k] n. 树皮
- palm frond [pɑ:m - frɔnd] n. 棕榈叶
- hide [haid] n.兽皮
- swampy [ˈswɔmpi] adj.沼泽的
- Seminole [ˈseminəul] n. 塞米诺族印第安人
- chickee [ˈtʃiki:] n. (西米诺尔印第安人的)棕榈叶顶棚屋
- distinctive [disˈtiŋktiv] adj. 独特的，有特色的
- stilt [stilt] n. 支撑物
