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The building material, 'adobe' is made of mud mixed with straw (and other available materials such as leaves, grit, and so on) and formed into bricks which are dried, usually in the sun, before being used for building in the same way as any other bricks.
The dried bricks are formed into walls, as modern bricks are, using a wet mortar paste; in the case of adobe bricks they are usually fixed together with the unbaked adobe mixture.
The word is American-English, first recorded in 1739, from the Spanish adobe, which came into Spanish from Arabic, al-tob, or al-tub, 'the brick'; from Arabic it can be traced back to a Coptic word, tube, also meaning a brick.
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What do Adobe towns build their houses from?
Adobe is sun-dried brick. Abode houses are made with adobe wall usually with wood beams to hold the roof up.
What type of home did Acoma Indians live in?
They usually libes in pueblos made of adobe brick .
What kind of houses the Southeastern Indians live in?
Adobe brick houses...they made there own adobe bricks with mud sand water etc...
What is the material that the spanish use to build their houses?
Clay or Brick
How does the zuni people build their homes?
They were made out of straw and brick mixed together to make a block
What were the ancient Aztec houses made of?
they were made out of adobe ( sun dried brick made from adobe clay)
What was san gabriel made of?
Adobe brick
What was mission San Gabriel made of?
Adobe brick
What was the san gabriel mission made of?
The San Gabriel Mission was primarily made of adobe bricks, which are a mixture of mud, straw, and water. These bricks were then used to build the walls and structures of the mission.
What was mission San Jose built out of?
It is made out of adobe brick
What were houses made of?
Wood, brick, adobe, straw, etc.
What is the roof made out of on the san gabriel mission?
adobe brick
Brick made with mud and straw?
no.... mud bricks were made of mud
What is Adobe and how is it made?
Adobe is the Spanish word for a mud brick. It is formed by adding clay and water to straw or manure, shaping this into a brick and allowing it to dry in the sun.
What was Adobe houses made of?
Adobe houses were made of adobe bricks that is a material made of clay, sand, water, and a fibrous material like straw or sticks with manure. The bricks were formed and dried in the sun. Adobe is also known as mud brick.
What is the definition of Adobe?
An adobe is a sun-dried brick made of clay and straw that is commonly used in countries that have little rainfall.
What is mission santa Clara de asis made of currently?
adobe brick
