Adobe buildings and structures

thumb|Adobe wall (detail) in Bahillo, Palencia, Spain thumb|Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in [[Chamisal, New Mexico]] thumb|Adobe walls separate urban gardens in Shiraz, Iran

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thumb|Ukrainian mazanka, Pyrohiv museum, Kyiv Oblast|Kyiv region A mazanka (, ) is a traditional Ukrainian countryside dwelling. A house made of clay, raw brick or brushwood (for the roof), plastered with clay mixed with manure or any other organic substance (adobe technique). The walls were later covered with lime whitewash. Historically, it was widespread in Ukraine and other territories with a significant Ukrainian minority (e.g. Kuban), which was connected with natural conditions, since there were not so many forests, and therefore, wood for construction. Houses similar to mazankas were al

thumb|300px|Luna Jacal in Big Bend National Park. 300px|thumb|Southern Arizona's San Xavier del Bac in 1913. [[Tohono O'odham jacals can be seen in front of the mission, many of which are still used today.]] The jacal (; Mexican Spanish from Nahuatl xacalli contraction of xamitl calli; literally "hut") is an adobe-style housing structure historically found throughout parts of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. This type of structure was employed by some aboriginal people of the Americas prior to European colonization and was later employed by both Hispanic and non-Hispanic settlers in

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