Residents learn about Chumash homes

2008-06-19 / Community


JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers TELLING HISTORY- Stagecoach Inn Museum volunteer Babette Winzelberg shares stories about the Chumash tribe inside the frame of a Chumash shelter. After months of connecting and tightening the wood supports, the ap walls will be completed by Chumash representatives and an archaeologist next week. Chumash dwellings were made from bent willow poles arranged in a semicircle and covered with surf grass. A roof opening allowed smoke to escape when food was prepared inside due to rain. Most measured about 20 feet in diameter, but the chief's was at least 15 feet larger. JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers TELLING HISTORY- Stagecoach Inn Museum volunteer Babette Winzelberg shares stories about the Chumash tribe inside the frame of a Chumash shelter. After months of connecting and tightening the wood supports, the ap walls will be completed by Chumash representatives and an archaeologist next week. Chumash dwellings were made from bent willow poles arranged in a semicircle and covered with surf grass. A roof opening allowed smoke to escape when food was prepared inside due to rain. Most measured about 20 feet in diameter, but the chief's was at least 15 feet larger.

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