>>17775258>Anon, those white walls aren't wood. Lol. This is exactly what I was talking aboutThe frame of the houses are heavy timber.
The infill varies, but is usually woven branches, or wood lath, or woven โbasketryโ, on which the wattle and daube is pasted into and over, which was then covered in plaster or lime wash, and the entire building might then be entirely plastered to hide the wood timber framing.
In some areas, fired brick was even used for the infill, or stone.
Given that this โmudโ construction, has in some cases lasted half a millennia, in a wet humid area, with frequent rain, shows that the material chosen was appropriate to the climate, and well chosen.
โAfrican Mud hutsโ sometimes last as long as well, but usually in a much drier region, much better suited to the survival of basic mud brick.