Online Activities: Iroquoian Longhouse
What is a palisade?
A palisade is a strong wall of tall and large posts that surrounded the Iroquoian village, protecting the village from wild animals, winter weather, and from attacks by other people.
Explore the Village
- What is a longhouse?
- Why were villages built on plateaus?
- What is a palisade?
- How are sites found by archaeologists?
- Where were the corn fields?
- Why were villages built near water?
Artists drawing of a palisade.
