Online Activities: Iroquoian Longhouse
Why were villages built near water?
Water was important to the Iroquoians for drinking, cooking and travel. Long distances were sometimes travelled over water by canoe. This is why Iroquoian villages were usually built near water.
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?
The past location of an Iroquoian village.
